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ON THE CLOCK IN STRASBURG CATHEDRAL by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: DUE PRAISE BE HIS WHOSE SKILL TO STRASBURG GAVE
Last Line: TO PONDER ON ETERNITY HOW FEW!
Subject(s): CLOCKS; PUBLIC WORSHIP; STRASBOURG, FRANCE; TIME; CHURCH ATTENDANCE;

DUE praise be his whose skill to Strasburg gave
This master-piece of mechanism rare,
More precious wisdom theirs whose daily care
Is on their heart its homilies to grave.
Peter at cockcrow wept—like him we have
Denied our Lord, though sworn His cross to bear;
Blest they who with him weep, and with him share
The contrite spirit, which alone can save!
Work ere night cometh, nor the time prolong;
That voice which speaks in every ringing chime,
Of mercy now, warns still of vengeance due.
How many join that transept's midday throng
With curious eye to mark the step of @3Time,@1
To ponder on @3Eternity@1 how few!



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