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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Why slander we the times?
What crimes
Have days and years, that we
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Why slander we the times?
What crimes
Have days and years, that we
Thus charge them with iniquity?
If we would rightly scan,
It's not the times are bad, but man.
Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
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Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
Toil without recompense--tears all in vain,
Take them and give me my childhood again.
I have grown weary of dust and decay,
Weary of sowing for others to reap;
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
The time is always right to do what is right.
The time is always right to do what is right.
A better present makes for a good past and future.
A better present makes for a good past and future.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.
I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.
Procastination is the thief of Time.
Procastination is the thief of Time.