Front matter
Reading edition
As Time Glides On
Hazell, Watson & Viney, Limd. Lith. London & Aylesbury.
I wear not the purple of earth-born kings, Nor the stately ermine of lordly things; But monarch and courtier though great they be, Must fall from their glory, and bend to me. My sceptre is gemless; yet who can say They will not come under its mighty sway? Ye may learn who I am,—there's the passing chime And the dial to herald me—Old King Time!
Eliza Cook.