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I think the longest
Hour of all
Is when the Cars have
come -
And we are waiting for
the Coach -
It seems as though the
Time -
Indignant - that the Joy
was come -
Did block the Gilded Hands -
And would not let the Seconds
by -
But slowest instant - ends -
The Pendulum begins to count -
Like little Scholars - loud -
The steps grow thicker - in
the Hall -
The Heart begins to crowd -
Then I - my timid service
done -
Tho' service 'twas, of Love -
Take up my little Violin -
And further North - remove -
So glad we are - a
stranger'd deem
'Twas sorry - that we were -
For where the Holiday - should
be -
There publishes - a Tear -
Nor how Ourselves be justified -
Since Grief and Joy are done
So similar - an Optizan
Could not conclude - • decide -
discern between -
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