The Owl’d Yarn.

When the cats were home, and light was come,

And dew was cold upon the ground,

Outside a door, with stop bell dumb,

A whirring wheel has stopped its round.

A whirring wheel has stopped its round.

Alone and warming, by rubbing, his hands,

A “night-riding wheelist” shivering stands.

In vain he tries to “click the latch,”