Dragon Poem

by H.D.C. Peplar (1916)


Child:
Are All the dragons fled?
Are all the goblins dead?
Am I quite safe in bed?

Nurse:
Thou art quite safe in bed,
Dragons and goblins are all dead.

Child:
When Michael's angels fought
The dragon, was it caught,
Did it jump and roar,
(Oh Nurse, don't shut the door),
And did it try to bite?
(Nurse, don't blow out the light).

Nurse:
Hush, thou knowest what I said, 
Saints and dragons all are dead.

Father (to himself):
Oh Child, Nurse lies to thee, 
For dragons thou shalt see,
Please God that on that day, 
Thou may'st a dragon slay,
And if thou dust not faint, 
God shall not want a Saint.