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A poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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The Angel-Thief |
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Title: The Angel-Thief Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes [More Titles by Holmes] 1888 TIME is a thief who leaves his tools behind him; And all around are left the bars and borers, Ah, these are tools which Heaven in mercy lends us Mourn as we may for treasures he has taken, Some lever that a casket's hinge has broken So as from year to year we count our treasure, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |