Judgment read / guilty found
on gallows tree
Sentence passed / hangknot wound
on gallows tree
Feet enchained / shackled bound
on gallows tree
Witnesses / ravens round
on gallows tree
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Damnation the darkest ground
on gallows tree
Salvation the baying hound
on gallows tree
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Nether world / spirits wait
on gallows tree
Eclipsed sun / star-crossed date
on gallows tree
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Hammered nails/splintered crate
on gallows tree
Knotted pine/deadwood weight
on gallows tree
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Blindfolded the unknown fate
on gallows tree
Sandbag dropped/the widow late
on gallows tree
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