ELECTRIC clocks in Paris now on trial, So prompt are Frenchmen to adopt improvement; We trust the hands may not be on the dial Symbols of revolutionary movement. Working by pendulum, like old French clock Ne'er yet have Frenchmen gone two days alike; Blest would they be, could one electric shock Compel them all in unison to strike. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RUNAWAY SLAVE AT PILGRIM'S POINT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE PRIMROSE by ROBERT HERRICK THE STORM by ANNA A. ARMBRUSTER THE PIONEER by HENRY MEADE BLAND HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 42 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH IN EXAMINATION by RUPERT BROOKE |