 | Ballads and Lyrics by Katharine Tynan |  |
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THE DEATH-WATCH.
Ullagone! Ullagone!
He and I were all alone.
In the wall by the thatch
I heard the tick of the death-watch.
He and I were all alone.
In the wall by the thatch
I heard the tick of the death-watch.
Ullagone! Ullagone!
And my heart grew cold as stone:
Tick, tick, all was still
Save that ghastly note of ill.
And my heart grew cold as stone:
Tick, tick, all was still
Save that ghastly note of ill.
On the flaring candle grew
Plain an awful shape I knew:
Tick, tick, in the thatch
Went the beat of the death-watch.
Plain an awful shape I knew:
Tick, tick, in the thatch
Went the beat of the death-watch.
Ullagone! Ullagone!
And the tide went with a moan.
Bring the candles, two and three;
Chant the dead man's litany.
And the tide went with a moan.
Bring the candles, two and three;
Chant the dead man's litany.
71
Strew the rose, the rosemary gather
For the husband and the father:
Tick, tick, in the thatch
Hear the knell of the death-watch!
For the husband and the father:
Tick, tick, in the thatch
Hear the knell of the death-watch!
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