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Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.
Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
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Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
Toil without recompense--tears all in vain,
Take them and give me my childhood again.
I have grown weary of dust and decay,
Weary of sowing for others to reap;
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly,
He is now far from them;
For he has read more
Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly,
He is now far from them;
For he has reached the city of the saintly,
The New Jerusalem.
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the read more
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.
But time growing old teaches all things.
But time growing old teaches all things.
Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.