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.

1. Of Holding an Inn
2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
4. A Loss by the Devil’s Death. Otherwise. 4. The devil is dead: who shall his land rightly win?
5. Of Good News to a Man

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