Upon The Hour Glass
John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)
This glass, when made, was, by the workman's skill,
The sum of sixty minutes to fulfil.
Time, more nor less, by it will out be spun,
But just an hour, and then the glass is run.
Man's life we will compare unto this glass,
The number of his months he cannot pass;
But when he has accomplished his day,
He, like a vapour, vanisheth away.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABBCCDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 336 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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