Tixall Poetry/On Time

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4307877Tixall PoetryOn TimeArthur Cliffordunknown author

On Time.


Time of itselfe is nothing; but from things
Themselves, and what is done, sense of time springs.
From things that are in motion, or at rest,
Time's truest notion we conceave the best.
From instant and past things, a sense wee take;
Time without these does no impression make.