“O Time! O Time! Thy dial stay,
And lend to Love thy little day,
And make him free of thy domain;
And thou shalt not have less of gain,
For he must pay thee back again
In penal hours of longing pain.
“O Time! O Time! Thy labour stay
Between the sun and moon to-day:
Tell not thy hours of moon and noon
Lest they should find us swift and soon