Time Passeth
Wayfarer, know you the hour
Which points to the clock on distant tower
Is it too early or is it too late
To fix for eternity love’s true template
And have you seen inside
The cog and lock which makes for the running
Like ship into dry dock –
And what of the second
Which slips away
And does the passer-by have much to say?
As he or she reaches the hour
Keep love safe,
Not inside an ivory tower.
Let love skip free and for every minute
Know that he or she
Will wear the badge
Of the subscriber when –
For who can tell this hour ten?
What love an eternity makes
And for love,
Nothing would the clock-maker forsake.
So hush now to tick, tick, tock
It is the memory of key in lock
Passing the hours on all who pray
For peace to abstain
But to lead the way.
Lead the way
Into peace for mankind
Do you see what measures tie
Time’s own secreted line?
Wayfarer, know you the hour
Which points to the clock on distant tower
Is it too early or is it too late
To fix for eternity love’s true template
And have you seen inside
The cog and lock which makes for the running
Like ship into dry dock –
And what of the second
Which slips away
And does the passer-by have much to say?
As he or she reaches the hour
Keep love safe,
Not inside an ivory tower.
Let love skip free and for every minute
Know that he or she
Will wear the badge
Of the subscriber when –
For who can tell this hour ten?
What love an eternity makes
And for love,
Nothing would the clock-maker forsake.
So hush now to tick, tick, tock
It is the memory of key in lock
Passing the hours on all who pray
For peace to abstain
But to lead the way.
Lead the way
Into peace for mankind
Do you see what measures tie
Time’s own secreted line?
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