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Poem by John Heywood


Of a Man and a Clock


Men take man of earthly things most excellent,
But in one thing thou seemest under that extent:
A clock after noon thee I avow –
A clock can go alone then; so canst not thou.



John Heywood


John Heywood's other poems:
  1. Of Holding an Inn
  2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
  3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
  4. What God Said to One. Otherwise. Thou art one of them to whom God bade Ho!
  5. A Reward to a Service Man


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