The Hour-Glass. (From The Villager's Verse-Book.)
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As by my mother's side I stand, Whose hairs, alas, are few and gray, I watch the hour-glass shed its sand, To mark how wears the night away. Though age must many ills endure, As time for ever runs away, This shows her Christian comforts sure, And leads to heaven's eternal day.
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