• Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.

  Source: Additional Poems (1937) No. 18, st. 1

  A. E. Housman
  British poet 1859-1936
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. conscience-stricken
2. wherefore
3. wearing
4. taking
5. prison
6. colour

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Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair. by : A. E. Housman

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