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THE CLOCK-TINKER.
Tinker, may I learn the trick,—
How you cure a clock that's sick,
Peeping in her face behind,
(Are those wheels her brains?) to find
Why her pulses do not go
Regular and sure and slow?
How you cure a clock that's sick,
Peeping in her face behind,
(Are those wheels her brains?) to find
Why her pulses do not go
Regular and sure and slow?
Tinker, have you learned Time's trick,—
How it is he makes clocks tick?
Is there such a thing as knowing
What it was first set them going?
Do you, sir, suppose they had 'em
In their garden, Eve and Adam?
How it is he makes clocks tick?
Is there such a thing as knowing
What it was first set them going?
Do you, sir, suppose they had 'em
In their garden, Eve and Adam?
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Is there, up among the suns,—
Father of these other ones,—
Some great timepiece that can show
All the small clocks how to go?
Are the stars set right by some
Mighty swinging pendulum?
Father of these other ones,—
Some great timepiece that can show
All the small clocks how to go?
Are the stars set right by some
Mighty swinging pendulum?
Tinker, where's the loosened screw
That the juggler Time creeps through
When he slips into his place,
Up behind the old clock's face?
Have you ever seen that feat?
Or does Time even graybeards cheat?
That the juggler Time creeps through
When he slips into his place,
Up behind the old clock's face?
Have you ever seen that feat?
Or does Time even graybeards cheat?
“Boy, I've tried through Time to see,
But he played strange tricks with me.
While I gave the wizard chase,
He was dancing on my face.
Look you! like a crow he flies;
Here 's his track around my eyes.”
But he played strange tricks with me.
While I gave the wizard chase,
He was dancing on my face.
Look you! like a crow he flies;
Here 's his track around my eyes.”
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