One wrote a fair copy; the other a letter.”
Without this gay ensign we little could do;
And when he appears we must pause & count TWO.
A COLON, marked thus :
The colon consists of two dots, as you see:
And remains within sight whilst you count one, two, three:
Tis us’d where the sense is complete, tho but part
Of the sentence you’re reading, or learning by heart.