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FOR RICHMOND'S GARDEN WALL by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

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First Line: WHEN THOMAS SET THIS TABLET HERE
Last Line: TIME'S CHUCKLED LAUGHTER IN THE LANE.
Subject(s): LIFE; TIME;
WHEN Thomas set this tablet here,
Time laughed at the vain chanticleer;
And ere the moss had dimmed the stone,
Time had defaced that garrison.
Now I in turn keep watch and ward
In my red house, in my walled yard
Of sunflowers, sitting here at ease
With friends and my bright canvases.
But hark, and you may hear quite plain
Time's chuckled laughter in the lane.



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