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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRENCH CLOCKS, 1876, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography
First Line: Electric clocks in paris now on trial
Last Line: Compel them all in unison to strike.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Clocks; France; Time
First Line: Electric clocks in paris now on trial
Last Line: Compel them all in unison to strike.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Clocks; France; Time
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.
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