Devoid of nakedness and ornament.
And each man might have murmured, “Yes, I know
What you will say and what I shall reply,”
And each man might have watched the other man
Smile helplessly into his mutton-pie.
III
THIS farcical clock is copying
A wood-chopper with nimble poise,
While Time, with still and fluid strides,
Perplexedly listens to the noise.