by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
Some one
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Language: English
Some one came knocking At my wee, small door; Some one came knocking, I'm sure - sure - sure; I listened, I opened, I looked to left and right, But naught there was a-stirring In the still dark night; Only the busy beetle Tap-tapping in the wall, Only from the forest The screech-owl's call, Only the cricket whistling While the dewdrops fall, So I know not who came knocking, At all, at all, at all.
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- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Some one", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 10, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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