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Robert W Service - The JudgementRobert W Service - The Judgement
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The Judge looked down, his face was grim,          He scratched his ear; The gangster`s moll looked up at him          With eyes of fear. She thought: `This guy in velvet gown,          With balding pate, Who now on me is looking down,          Can seal my fate.` The Judge thought: `Fifteen years or ten          I might decree. Just let me say the word and then          Go home to tea. But then this poor wretch might not be          So long alive . . .` So with surprise he heard that he          Was saying `Five`. The Judge went home. His daughter`s child          Was five that day; And with sweet gifts around her piled          She laughed in play. Then mused the Judge: `Life oft bestows          Such evil odds. May he who human mercy shows          Not count on God`s?`
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