THE CLOCK.
Tick-toek, says the clock; ; Birth-death, says Lifej And all the stars in their courses go To the tune of that mighty to-and-f ro, . i The pulse of; the universe,' fast oi '.. ■ -slow— . ' "' . fTick-tock. ';■ ..■'•■"■;
Ebb-flow, says the Sea; Winter-spring, says the Year • So, with alternate left and right, , -Lhe Spring ; marches in the night :Onward; into the infinite— ' - . : -\'. Tick-tock.. Time-space, says Fate-Good-evil, says God; ; For so it is the .world contrives:' 'It is-the pendulum that drives, Until .the changeless hour arrives— Tick-tock. —E.S.B.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1927, Page 29
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84THE CLOCK. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1927, Page 29
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