From there it's no place for the meek,
The end is ever drawing nigh;
There'll be no paddle up your creek,
Just heavy loads and water high.
Here again, we have a grammatically correct sentence:
From there it's no place for the meek, the end is ever drawing nigh; there'll be no paddle up your creek, just heavy loads and water high.
The semi-colon does, however, present a challenge - as it is used to separate what could be two sentences, but maintains the sentence as one, we need to decide if this is one clue or two clues.
Clue Four only:
From there it's no place for the meek, the end is ever drawing nigh; there'll be no paddle up your creek, just heavy loads and water high.
OR
Clue Four:
From there it's no place for the meek, the end is ever drawing nigh;
Clue Five:
There'll be no paddle up your creek, just heavy loads and water high.
For now, let's leave the option open - the above may be one clue, or it may be two clues. Instead, let's focus on the words that contain apostrophes since they could mean different things.
From there it's [it is, it has] no place for the meek, The end is ever drawing nigh;
There'll [there will, there shall] be no paddle up your creek, Just heavy loads and water high.
From there it is no place for the meek,
From there it has no place for the meek
There will be no paddle up your creek
There shall be no paddle up your creek
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