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.