WHEN it's night, and no light, too, Wakin' by yourse'f, With the old clock mockin' you On the mantel-she'f; In the dark -- so still and black, You're afeard you'll hear Somepin' awful pop and crack, -- "Go to sleep, my dear!" That's what @3Mother@1 says. -- And @3then's@1 When we ain't @3afeard!@1 Wunder, when we be big mens, Then 'ul we be skeerd? -- Some night Mother's goned away, And ist @3us@1 is here, Will The Good Man wake and say, "Go to sleep, my dear"? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND by HENRY FIELDING CORINNA TO TANAGRA, FROM ATHENS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE RUSTIC LAD'S LAMENT IN THE TOWN by DAVID MACBETH MOIR PHILOCTETES: PHILOCTETES CALLS FOR DEATH by AESCHYLUS |