By Henry Morford¹

[Published in The Knickerbocker, January 1862 (59:1)]

[Edited and annotated by Colin Pedron for The University of Arizona Antebellum Magazine Edition Project, 16 April 2015]

[Editor's Note]

I start at the door with a sudden shock,
And shiver, before I turn the lock,
As I hear, far off, the mid-night clock.