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Redvilst
 Post subject: James Device
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:41 am 
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Being from the Red Rose land
In the lee of Pendle Hill,
To cunning work I turned my hand
And cast back charms of hurt and ill.
But the church could not leave me be
And said my work was a Devil lie.
Tomorrow they will set me free
On the gallows hill where I'll hang high.

This poem is 5 minutes old. I'll work on it some more.

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 Post subject: Re: James Device
PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:58 am 
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Well, it's a few days later, and no new lines have come to me, so it will have to stay as it is. James Device (aka Devis aka Davies) was a teenager, hanged with his younger sister, mother and six other people, after the infamous witch trials at Lancaster in 1612).

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 Post subject: Re: James Device
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Really like it even if it is incomplete...

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 Post subject: Re: James Device
PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:29 pm 
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Yes. Do keep working on this. I think it is interesting. A history poem. Let's see some more maybe!


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 Post subject: Re: James Device
PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:37 pm 
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DebraCobra wrote:
Yes. Do keep working on this. I think it is interesting. A history poem. Let's see some more maybe!


Thank you. The poem as it stands came to me in a flash as I was researching the trials, but yes, I'll give it some more thought and see if I can find some more lines.

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