<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">"All's Well"</h1><p class="inline-note" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">[Reprinted from "Christmas Roses" by permission of the author.]</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Watchman, watchman, what of the night,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%"><em>What of the night to tell?</em></p><p class="line">The heavens are dark, and never a light</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">But the far-off flicker of Hell.</p><p class="line">But the steed is in the stall,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">Unsleeping;</p><p class="line">And the warder on the wall,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">Watch-keeping;</p><p class="line">And the granary is stored,</p><p class="line">And ready gun and sword.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">In the name of the Lord,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>All's Well!</em></p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Watchman, watchman, what of the night,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%"><em>What of the night to tell?</em></p><p class="line">The wind blows fierce, and the foam flies white,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And the waters moan and swell.</p><p class="line">But the foes to haven keep,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">Safe hiding;</p><p class="line">And our ships are on the deep,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">Sure riding;</p><p class="line">And the gallant hearts on board</p><p class="line">Keep ceaseless watch and ward.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">In the name of the Lord,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%"><em>All's Well!</em></p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Watchman, watchman, what of the night,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%"><em>What of the night to tell?</em></p><p class="line">There are widows weeping, and babes affright,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And a ceaseless burial bell.</p><p class="line">But the hand that holds the gun</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">Still shakes not;</p><p class="line">And the line drops one by one,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">Yet breaks not.</p><p class="line">Of the blood so nobly poured</p><p class="line">There shall surely be reward.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">In the name of the Lord,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%"><em>All's Well!</em></p></div><p class="byline">F. W. BOURDILLON.</p></body></html> · Great War