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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
T IS FOR TIME, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: You false church clock, whose long-drawn chimes
Last Line: And stretch beyond his frantic face.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Time
First Line: You false church clock, whose long-drawn chimes
Last Line: And stretch beyond his frantic face.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
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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