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The watchman's rattle beats the time - Maurice Baring "A June Night in Russia"

Calls the watchman of the night - William Blake "A Dream"

From his watchman's height he saw - William Ernest Henley "Hawthorn and Lavender VII"

Like a watchman in the night - Rachel Kolar "Twinkle, Twinkle, Lantern Jack"

The watchmen of the truth come forth - "Martin Luther" [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, no.CCCXLV, v.LVI, July 1844]

Gods may have their watchmen sitting here and listening - Harry Martinson "Aniara 72: The Song of Karella" transl. by Stephen Klass and Leif Sjöberg

The night watchmen stuff their pipes with dreams - Carl Sandburg "Work Gangs"

To play the watchman ever - William Shakespeare "Sonnet LXI"

Echoes to the watchman's feet - E.M. Smith-Dampier "Ballad of the Traitor's Head"

The watchman to deserted houses - Iris Tree "[Sun-aureoled lilies are your priestesses]"

Only frightening calls from the watchman - Tu Fu "Captivity" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]


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