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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ANNIVERSARY, by FORD MADOX FORD Poet's Biography
First Line: Two decades and a minute
Last Line: Two decades and a minute.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Anniversaries; Time
First Line: Two decades and a minute
Last Line: Two decades and a minute.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Anniversaries; Time
TWO decades and a minute,
And half a moon in the sky,
Like a broken willow pattern plate
And a jangling bell to din it,
Dingle—dong—twelve strokes—
Two decades and a minute.
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