A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
The HOUR-GLASS.
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The HOUR-GLASS.
From Amaltheus.
These little atoms that in silence pour,And measure out with even pace the hour,
Were once Alcippus; struck by Galla's eyes,
Wretched he burn'd, and here in ashes lies;
Which ever streaming this sad truth attest,
That lovers count the time, and know no rest.
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