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...RIDDLE ON THE LETTER H (1) by CATHERINE MARIA FANSHAWE GOLIATH AND DAVID by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES WOODS IN WINTER by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SACRIFICE by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL SABBATH MORNING by L. DALE AHERN FROM POOLS OF DEEPER THOUGHT by MAUDE HARDY ARNOLD PSALM 64 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |