The case was told, he shook his head,
Annette was prov’d the thief;
Each eye was now with tears o’er shed,
With tears of poignant grief.
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They urg’d her to confess the deed,
I’m innocent she cry’d!
In vain her Blaisot tried to plead,
But, “mercy” all denied.
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Immoveable the laws command,
No treaties could prevail;
They seiz’d Annette with desp’rate hand,
Her fate they all bewail.
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Immur’d within a dungeons gloom,
She waits the destin’d blow;
Tho’ innocent, the culprits doom,
Must end her ev’ry woe.
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Her trial came,——Annette was cast,
Each heard it with a sigh;
And now their ev’ry hope was past,
Annette was doom’d to die.