The Watch Poem by Barry Cornwall

The Watch

Rating: 2.7


I wakened on my hot, hard bed;
Upon the pillow lay my head;
Beneath the pillow I could hear
My little watch was ticking clear.
I thought the throbbing of it went
Like my continual discontent;
I thought it said in every tick:
I am so sick, so sick, so sick:
O death, come quick, come quick, come quick,
Come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick...

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
M Inkpen 23 March 2022

The Watch is a poem by Frances Darwin Cornford - why are you saying it is by Barry Cornwall?

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Fabrizio Frosini 07 November 2015

'' O death, come quick, come quick, come quick, Come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick... '' the last line with the 4 repetitions of ''come quick'' is really too much..

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