Sentence:  Over the cobbles he <WSD>clattered</WSD> and clashed in the dark inn-yard, / And he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred; / He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there / But the landlord's black-eyed daughter, / Bess, the landlord's daughter, / Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make a rattling sound.