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In the darkening room I sit alone, While the clock keeps ticking endlessly, And its steady tick-tock monotone Beats with even regularity. Every day the clock shows us that one Of her hours twelve will us escort Like a stern and watchful chaperon Takes her wayward charges into port. Clocks know naught of partiality, Tick-tock, tick-tock on without detours, port -bound pressing they accompany Swiftly fleeing hours, mine and yours. Clocks are stable, fixed, aloof and steady, Evenhanded and indifferent; Lo! - they never ask if we are ready Feel upbeat or feel discouragement.. Without pause the hours tick away, Even, humdrum, and monotonous, Ticking ceaselessly by night and day, Tick-tock hints of transitoriness Yet some day the clock for us stands still, Clock hands at a summons point: “retreat!” In deference to the Almighty’s will And we are from time and hours freed. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 165 [topic] => 43 [informant] => Elizabeth_Dandy [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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