When Death Calls

 The stars do shimmer in the majestic sky
As if gripped with an unspoken ennui.
 The hounds do bark, a murderer slips by
The grasshopper weaves its nocturnal lullaby.
 An ember is burnt in the devil's urn
A prayer is cited from the church lecturn.
 The king does rest, a peaceful snore.
A knife creeps in through Majesty's door!
 The wounds are laid on His royal heart
Body and soul do mournfully part!
 Yonder in the east a child does weep
The seal quells, an aristocrat takes a leap.
 Hush! Someone knocks at the door.
Is it a wind or the ghost of Lennore?
 The end draws near for death stands close.
To perish humanity the gods have chose.
 Peril is roused by a ding dong bell
Awake O Earth! It is our death knell!