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Time is so swift that none can match his course,— Time is so strong that none can match his force: Like to a thiefe Time stealingly doth haste; No man can call Time backe when Time is past. ***** Time is as swift as thought—the swift’st-wing’d swallow Cannot endure the flight of Time to follow: Time is of the Ubiquitaries’ race,— Time’s here, Time’s there, Time is in every place; Time is divided in a three-fold sum, Time past, Time present, and the Time to come. A present Time I presently intreat, For therein lies the sum of my conceit, For Time (once past) can never be recall’d. And therefore Time is figured to be bald.
Time is so swift that none can match his course,— Time is so strong that none can match his force: Like to a thiefe Time stealingly doth haste; No man can call Time backe when Time is past. ***** Time is as swift as thought—the swift’st-wing’d swallow Cannot endure the flight of Time to follow: Time is of the Ubiquitaries’ race,— Time’s here, Time’s there, Time is in every place; Time is divided in a three-fold sum, Time past, Time present, and the Time to come. A present Time I presently intreat, For therein lies the sum of my conceit, For Time (once past) can never be recall’d. And therefore Time is figured to be bald.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 605 · printed citation: Peter Small · subject: TIME
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