Who goes about the _House_ when all
Are sleeping but the _Clock_,
And no one hears it, all alone, [Sidenote: ☽]
Still saying tick-a-tock? [Sidenote: ⚲☊ K.P.]
It is not _Gretchen_ goes about,
She’s snoring in her _Bed_;
It’s not the _Hound_ that goes about
He never lifts his _Head_;
It is the _Wind_ that goes about, [Sidenote: ☾]
And sighs around the _House_,
And never wakes the toothless _Hound_,
Or stops the gnawing _Mouse_.
[Illustration: King Stork.]