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Dame mouse patters
Black against the shadow grey;
  Dame mouse patters
  Grey against the black.

  Hear the bed-time bell!
Sleep forthwith, good prisoners;
  Hear the bed-time bell!
  You must go to sleep.

  No disturbing dream!
Think of nothing but your loves:
  No disturbing dream,
  Of the fair ones think!

  Moonlight clear and bright!
Some one of the neighbors snores;
  Moonlight clear and bright--
  He is troublesome.

  Comes a pitchy cloud
Creeping o'er the faded moon;
  Comes a pitchy cloud--
  See the grey dawn creep!

  Dame mouse patters
Pink across an azure ray;
  Dame mouse patters. . . .
  Sluggards, up! 'tis day!

© Paul Verlaine