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T IS FOR TIME by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: YOU FALSE CHURCH CLOCK, WHOSE LONG-DRAWN CHIMES
Last Line: AND STRETCH BEYOND HIS FRANTIC FACE.
Subject(s): TIME;
You false church clock, whose long-drawn chimes
Tell me Life moves like some slow snail --
The watch beneath my pillow beats
So fast my breath doth almost fail.
Your solemn chime, that says I walk
Sedately to my grave -- doth lie;
I gallop faster to my doom
Than any mortal bird can fly --
I gallop like a startled horse,
That leaping flames and whirlwinds chase --
Until his eyes have left his head,
And stretch beyond his frantic face.



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