Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HEAVEN'S CHIMES ARE SLOW, BUT SURE TO STRIKE AT LAST, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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Last Line: And then the time is past
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Heaven; Transience; Bells


Heaven's chimes are slow, but sure to strike at last:
Earth's sands are slow, but surely dropping thro':
And much we have to suffer, much to do,
Before the time be past.

Chimes that keep time are neither slow nor fast:
Not many are the numbered sands nor few:
A time to suffer, and a time to do,
And then the time is past.





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