Charles Lamb (Чарльз Лэм)

Clock Striking

Did I hear the church-clock a few minutes ago,
I was asked, and I answered, I hardly did know,
 But I thought that I heard it strike three.
Said my friend then, "The blessings we always possess
We know not the want of, and prize them the less;
 The church-clock was no new sound to thee.

"A young woman, afflicted with deafness a year,
By that sound you scarce heard, first perceived she could hear;
 I was near her, and saw the girl start
With such exquisite wonder, such feelings of pride,
A happiness almost to terror allied,
 She showed the sound went to her heart."

1. The Sister's Expostulation on the Brother's Learning Latin
2. On the Lord's Prayer
3. David
4. Discontent and Quarrelling
5. Feigned Courage

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