WINDING UP THE CLOCK.
The weights of life are running down As through the world we go ; And mark ye how the pendulum Swings slower to and fro. The well-worn wheels uncertain turn, The hands together knock, And thus 1 moralize to-night, / While winding up the clock. The days youth and manhood see Time’s limning pencil trace Life’s years of joy, nr weariness, Upon its fading face, As erst these numerals were drawn That stare at me, and mock Like spectres of the night, whilst t Am winding up the clock. Oh, loving hearts ! for us to-day The works are wearing fast ; The hands and pendulum shall stop, The weights shall fall at last! Run down—to bo wound up where time No more our lives shall mock With doubts like those that in me rose While winding up the clock !
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 12, Issue 27, 5 April 1901, Page 1 (Supplement)
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140WINDING UP THE CLOCK. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 12, Issue 27, 5 April 1901, Page 1 (Supplement)
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