The Ballad of Reading Gaol Quotations

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  • Created on: 04-05-21 11:00
" And his step seemed _ _ _"
light and gay
1 of 11
"The man had killed the thing he _ / And so he had to _"
loved/die
2 of 11
"The _ use a knife, because / The dead soon _ _"
kindest/grow cold
3 of 11
"And, though I was a _ _ _, / My pain I could _ _"
soul in pain/not feel
4 of 11
"For ... the _ _ _ / Pierced to its _ _, / And as _ _ were the tears we shed / For the _ we had not spilt"
sword of Sin/ poisoned hilt/ molten lead/ blood
5 of 11
"But I _ _ a man who looked / So _ at the day"
never saw/wistfully
6 of 11
"With open mouth he drank the _ / As though it had been _!"
sun/wine
7 of 11
"The man who had to _"
swing
8 of 11
"Like two _ _ that pass in storm / We had _ each other's way"
doomed ships/crossed
9 of 11
"He often said that he is _ / The _ _ were near"
glad/hangman's hands
10 of 11
"And wondered why men _ to pray / Who never _ before"
knelt/prayed
11 of 11

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Card 2

Front

loved/die

Back

"The man had killed the thing he _ / And so he had to _"

Card 3

Front

kindest/grow cold

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

soul in pain/not feel

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

sword of Sin/ poisoned hilt/ molten lead/ blood

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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