'Wake, baillie, wake! the crafts are out; Wake!' said the knight, 'be quick! For high street, bye street, over the town They fight with poker and stick.' Said the squire, 'A fight so fell was ne'er In all thy bailliewick.' What said the old clock in the tower? 'Tick, tick, tick!' 'Wake, daughter, wake! the hour draws on; Wake!' quoth the dame, 'be quick! The meats are set, the guests are coming, The fiddler waxing his stick.' She said, 'The bridegroom waiting and waiting To see thy face is sick.' What said the new clock in her bower? 'Tick, tick, tick!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CONTEMPLATION UPON FLOWERS by HENRY KING (1592-1669) THE WAVING OF THE CORN by SIDNEY LANIER JACK AND JILL (1) by MOTHER GOOSE IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 9 by ALFRED TENNYSON THE KINGDOM OF GOD by FRANCIS THOMPSON TROPIC NIGHTFALL by ROBERT AVRETT EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 17. THE DIFFICULT ADVENTURE by PHILIP AYRES |