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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAST, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poet's Biography
First Line: The clocks are chiming in my heart
Last Line: The leaves are dropping from my tree!
Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John
Subject(s): Past
First Line: The clocks are chiming in my heart
Last Line: The leaves are dropping from my tree!
Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John
Subject(s): Past
THE clocks are chiming in my heart
A cobweb chime;
Old murmurings of days that die,
The sob of things a-drifting by.
The clocks are chiming in my heart!
The stars have twinkled, and died out --
Fair candles blown!
The hot desires burn low, and gone
To ash the fire that flamed anon.
The stars have twinkled, and died out!
Old journeys travel in my head!
They come and go --
Forgotten smiles of stranger friends,
Sweet weary miles, and sweeter ends.
Old journeys travel in my head!
The leaves are dropping from my tree!
Dead leaves and flown,
The vine-leaf ghosts are round my brow,
For ever frosts and winter now.
The leaves are dropping from my tree!
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