Dialogue at Midnight
"Threatened by too much shade,
The adulterous bed unmade,
How could I view my trust
Squarely, as soon I must?"
"Your trust shall be undone
By a ray of the sun,
By a stroke of the clock."
"Since clocks are fast or slow,
How shall the victim know
When her trust is betrayed?"
"Skeptical child, sleep on:
Tl be the cock and crow."
Structure
12 lines · 4 stanzas