1905.
Time's pendulum swinging to its limit Now has reached the sranniit of duration, An_,instant quivering on the confines Of another year it trembles; shaking The Universe. Cog by cog the mighty Mecliani&m of the World, resisting, Feels the tension; as a breath long drawn out To the utmost power, its action wavers For an instant, then imperceptibly Merging into the returning motion, It crashes through Space illimitable, Descending on the carth — a thunderbolt Hot from the hand of God — another Year From the grip of Infinity wrested. Y.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2651, 4 January 1905, Page 61
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891905.000000 Otago Witness, Issue 2651, 4 January 1905, Page 61
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