I had no notion how the thing was done.

A stranger to the birth of day,

How many have I watched since then!

At least a thousand, I should say

(It seems to me like ten);

On Salisbury Plain, austere and grey,

Breaking night's gloom and deepening mine,

When, crawling forth, I used to see

Stonehenge all shaken visibly

By the rude Sergeant's bellow, "Rise and shine!"