Jeduthan HawleyThere would be a knock at the doorAnd I would arise at midnight and go to the shop,Where belated travelers would hear me hammeringSepulchral boards and tacking satin.And often I wondered who would go with meTo the distant land, our names the themeFor talk, in the same week, for I’ve observedTwo always go together.Chase Henry was paired with Edith Conant;And Jonathan Somers with Willie Metcalf;And Editor Hamblin with Francis Turner,When he prayed to live longer than Editor Whedon,And Thomas Rhodes with widow McFarlane;And Emily Sparks with Barry Holden;And Oscar Hummel with Davis Matlock;And Editor Whedon with Fiddler Jones;And Faith Matheny with Dorcas Gustine.And I, the solemnest man in town,Stepped off with Daisy Fraser.
There would be a knock at the doorAnd I would arise at midnight and go to the shop,Where belated travelers would hear me hammeringSepulchral boards and tacking satin.And often I wondered who would go with meTo the distant land, our names the themeFor talk, in the same week, for I’ve observedTwo always go together.Chase Henry was paired with Edith Conant;And Jonathan Somers with Willie Metcalf;And Editor Hamblin with Francis Turner,When he prayed to live longer than Editor Whedon,And Thomas Rhodes with widow McFarlane;And Emily Sparks with Barry Holden;And Oscar Hummel with Davis Matlock;And Editor Whedon with Fiddler Jones;And Faith Matheny with Dorcas Gustine.And I, the solemnest man in town,Stepped off with Daisy Fraser.