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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THEN, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty
Last Line: Three! -- and a storm of hail!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
First Line: Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty
Last Line: Three! -- and a storm of hail!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty,
A hundred years ago,
All through the night with lantern bright
The Watch trudged to and fro.
And little boys tucked snug abed
Would wake from dreams to hear --
'Two o' the morning by the clock,
And the stars a-shining clear!'
Or, when across the chimney-tops
Screamed shrill a North-East gale,
A faint and shaken voice would shout,
'Three! -- and a storm of hail!'
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