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A MANTEL CLOCK by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER

First Line: A TIRELESS SERVANT OF OLD TIME IT STANDS
Last Line: TO US IT WOULD BE MORE THAN ORNAMENT.
Subject(s): CLOCKS; OLD AGE; TIME;
A tireless servant of old Time it stands,
Holding its golden trust in frugal hands;
Could we the meaning of its heart-beats tell,
Or hear its voice—like to a soft-toned knell—
As all the sand in each hour-glass was spent,
To us it would be more than ornament.



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