Time’s Paces
When as a child I laughed and wept,
Time crept.
When as a youth I waxed more bold,
Time strolled.
When I became a full-grown man,
Time RAN.
When older still I daily grew,
Time FLEW,
Soon I shall find, in passing on,
Time GONE.
O Christ! wilt Thou have saved me then?
AMEN.
These lines appear on an old clock in Chester Cathedral.