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A Rusty Nail

by Robert William Service

 I ran a nail into my hand,
 The wound was hard to heal;
So bitter was the pain to stand
 I thought how it would feel,
To have spikes thrust through hands and feet,
 Impaled by hammer beat.

Then hoisted on a cross of oak
 Against the sullen sky,
With all about the jeering follk
 Who joyed to see me die;
Die hardly in...Read more of this...

Form: Ballad

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