Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSES DESIGNED FOR A WATCH CASE, by JOHN BYROM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Could but our tempers move like this machine Last Line: And everlasting joy, when time shall be no more. Subject(s): Watches | ||||||||
COULD but our tempers move like this machine, Not urg'd by passion, nor delay'd by spleen; But, true to nature's regulating pow'r, By virtuous acts distinguish ev'ry hour; Then health and joy would follow, as they ought, The laws of motion, and the laws of thought; Sweet health, to pass the present moments o'er; And everlasting joy, when time shall be no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WATCH by FRANCES CROFTS DARWIN CORNFORD TO HIS WATCH, WHEN HE COULD NOT SLEEP by EDWARD HERBERT VERSES IN A WATCH by WILLIAM CZAR BRADLEY A GIRL'S SONGS: 2 by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES THE POACHER'S TIME-PIECE by PAUL FORT TO A WATCH LEFT IN A HOTEL ROOM by DEBORA GREGER A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY (2) by JOHN BYROM |
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