LOCKSLEY HALL.
Lay of Boxing Night.
Attributed to Alfred Tennyson
(But not believed to be his).
Proudly stalking o’er the pavement, as the clock is striking one,
Go the nine good men and valiant, who the glorious deed have done;
And they laugh with all their vigour, till the narrow courts resound,
The policeman hears the tumult, and he turns his lanthorn round.
And their course they still continue, and their laughter is not o’er,
Till they all come to a standstill at lion-knocker’d door.
There they thump with noise so mighty, that they make the neighbours wake,