Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CLOCK, by ANDERSON M. SCRUGGS


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First Line: Within the dim-lit hall the old clock stands
Last Line: Down dark and silent passages of time.
Subject(s): Time


Within the dim-lit hall the old clock stands,
Tracing the plan of God with tireless hands:

A man may see, if he is very wise,
The moon swing down the dial of the skies,

And one may hear, if ears are very keen,
The beat of dawn and night and noon between,

The swinging of a thousand worlds in space,
'Scribing bright circles on the night's dark face,

The sweep of tides from coast to ancient coast,
Like weary pendulums forever tossed,

The tick of countless years that come and go
Longer than any man will ever know,

The sunlight and the moonlight and the rain
That come and go and come and go again, --

The click of life and death in endless rhyme
Down dark and silent passages of time.





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