Time & Brevity
The Whirligig of Time
From Many Voices (1922)
Time & Brevity
BEFORE your feet,
My love, my sweet,
Behold! your slave bows down;
And in his hands
From other lands
Brings you another crown.
For in far climes,
In bygone times,
Myself was royal too:
Oh, I have been
A king, my queen,
Who am a slave for you!
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Codex Note
From Many Voices (1922)
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Nesbit, E. “The Whirligig of Time.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nesbit/220/.
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Nesbit, E. “The Whirligig of Time.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nesbit/220/.
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