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.