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James Russell Lowell - Love`s Clock
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A PASTORAL

DAPHNIS _waiting_

`O Dryad feet,
Be doubly fleet,
Timed to my heart`s expectant beat
While I await her!
"At four," vowed she;
`Tis scarcely three,
Yet by _my_ time it seems to be
A good hour later!`

CHLOE

`Bid me not stay!
Hear reason, pray!
`Tis striking six! Sure never day
Was short as this is!`

DAPHNIS

`Reason nor rhyme
Is in the chime!
It can`t be five; I`ve scarce had time
To beg two kisses!`

BOTH

`Early or late,
When lovers wait,
And Love`s watch gains, if Time a gait
So snail-like chooses,
Why should his feet
Become more fleet
Than cowards` are, when lovers meet
And Love`s watch loses?`
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