David Lewis Paget Poems

In the time of knights and chivalry
In the Castle of Grim Intent,
There lived the Baron de Romilly
That the King or the Devil had sent,
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There were sisters three, and they all were free
In a town called Tavistock,
Freer than they would want to be
As they stared at the Town Hall Clock.
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They'd painted a cross on the door outside
To keep the devil at bay,
While Ann took care of the soul cakes that
She'd baked in a shallow tray,
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I'd rented out the basement of
A house I used to own,
I hated renting places
I preferred to live alone,
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Always a bit of a mystery,
She lived in a seaside shack,
Would go to town when the sun was down
The widow of Martin Black.
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She’d gone on her own to the party,
But sadly, for she was alone,
Her partner had left her in limbo,
Had not even said he was going.
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‘I’m coming to get you now, ’ he said,
‘I’m coming to get you tonight! ’
Derek sat with his headset on,
His face was white with fright.
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He was nothing if not successful,
Grant Overman with his pen,
Everything that he seemed to write
Was well received back then,
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‘There are times and tides in every life,
There are things we never planned, ’
The old man said to his grandson there
As he took him by the hand,
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They said he was always a hothead,
As a kid he’d scream and shout,
He got so bad, made his mother mad
That his father locked him out.
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