The clock is ticking; Time is hurrying on
And does not rest when I am resting or
While in the halted night asleep have I fall'n.
And Time is hurrying on, has halted ne'er,
Ever since I did know as it first did
Slip from the holding of my childhood plays,
Then broke through my youth all firm and solid,
As I did fail to tame him by my pledge...
Now, too, my learned brain can't hold him back,
Though I do beg, "O Time, I'm yet not complete
Of what my life is made to give and take.
Please stop and let me be ere my retreat!"
But Time is hurrying on; the clock is ticking;
As shorter each instant my life is running.
-- N P SAMAL
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