Time`s Paces.
When I was a child, I laughed and wept,
Time crept.
When I was a youth, I dreamed and talked,
Time walked.
When I became a full-grown man,
Time ran.
When older still I daily grew,
Time flew.
Soon I shall find - on travelling on -
Time gone.
O Christ, wilt Thou have saved me then?
Amen.
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