It cometh not," she said;

She said, "I am aweary, aweary—

I would I were in bed."

She sought the grim refreshment stall—

The saucy barmaid long had slept;

O'er biscuit, bun, and sandwich small

The shining beetles slowly crept.

Hard by a signal post alway

Shot coloured beams into the dark.

She called the porter to remark,