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!'
Then
Walter De La Mare
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William Frank Joseph Cripps : This is the first poem I learned in junior school and had to recite it to the whole school assembly.
christopher wilson.: I learned this poem at school around 1950. It was a favourite of mine and I used to recite in front of the class. All these years later it was still a pleasure to rread it again.
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