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