. . . the clock
Was placed where full the sun-beams fell;-what deep,
Simple morality spoke in those hands,
Going their way in silence, till a sound,
Solemn and sweet, made their appeal to Time,
And the hour spoke its only warning! (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

. . . the clock Was placed where full the sun-beams fell;-what deep, Simple morality spoke in those hands, Going their way in silence, till a sound, Solemn and sweet, made their appeal to Time, And the hour spoke its only warning!

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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