Emmanuel George Cefai - When I saw the Hanging Man

When I saw the Hanging Man
I learnt a lesson:
My face grew dim and serious
For I knew that I had no right
Not to be him:
I could have been Him
I, a Hanging Man.

Emmanuel George Cefai

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