_____He warily trod on the dry rustling leaves,
_____As he pass'd thro' the wood; as he pass'd thro' the wood;
_____And silently gain'd his rude launch on the shore,
_____As she play'd with the flood; as she play'd with the flood.

_____The guards of the camp, on that dark, dreary night,
_____Had a murderous will; had a murderous will.
_____They took him and bore him afar from the shore,
_____To a hut on the hill; to a hut on the hill.

_____No mother was there, nor a friend who could cheer,
_____In that little stone cell; in that little stone cell.
_____But he trusted in love from his father above,
_____In his heart all was well; in his heart all was well.

_____An ominous owl with his solemn bass voice
_____Sat moaning hard by; sat moaning hard by.
_____"The tyrant's proud minions most gladly rejoice,
_____For he must soon die; for he must soon die."

_____The brave fellow told them, no thing he restrained,
_____The cruel gen'ral; the cruel gen'ral;
_____His errand from camp, of the ends to be gained,
_____And said that was all; and said that was all.

_____They took him and bound him and bore him away,
_____Down the hill's grassy side; down the hill's grassy side.
_____'Twas there the base hirelings, in royal array,
_____His cause did deride; his cause did deride.

_____Five minutes were given, short moments, no more,
_____For him to repent; for him to repent;
_____He pray'd for his mother, he ask'd not another;
_____To Heaven he went; to Heaven he went.

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