I know some lonely Houses off the Road

13How orderly the Kitchen'd look, by night,

14With just a Clock —

15But they could gag the Tick —

16And Mice won't bark —

17And so the Walls — don't tell —

18None — will —

19A pair of Spectacles ajar just stir —

20An Almanac's aware —

21Was it the Mat — winked,

22Or a Nervous Star?

23The Moon — slides down the stair,

24To see who's there!

25There's plunder — where —

26Tankard, or Spoon —

27Earring — or Stone —

28A Watch — Some Ancient Brooch

29To match the Grandmama —

30Staid sleeping — there —

31Day — rattles — too

32Stealth's — slow —

33The Sun has got as far

34As the third Sycamore —

35Screams Chanticleer

36"Who's there"?

37And Echoes — Trains away,

38Sneer — "Where"!

39While the old Couple, just astir,

40Fancy the Sunrise — left the door ajar!