Poetry for Children By Charles and Mary Lamb: To which are added Prince Dorus and some uncollected poems by Charles Lamb: Edited, prefaced and annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd |
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CLOCK STRIKING.
Did I hear the church-clock a few minutes ago,
I was asked, and I answered, I hardly did know,
But I thought that I heard it strike three.
Said my friend then, “The blessings we always possess
We know not the want of, and prize them the less;
The church-clock was no new sound to thee.
I was asked, and I answered, I hardly did know,
But I thought that I heard it strike three.
Said my friend then, “The blessings we always possess
We know not the want of, and prize them the less;
The church-clock was no new sound to thee.
“A young woman, afflicted with deafness a year,
By that sound you scarce heard, first perceived she could hear;
I was near her, and saw the girl start
With such exquisite wonder, such feelings of pride,
A happiness almost to terror allied,
She showed the sound went to her heart.”
By that sound you scarce heard, first perceived she could hear;
I was near her, and saw the girl start
With such exquisite wonder, such feelings of pride,
A happiness almost to terror allied,
She showed the sound went to her heart.”
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