IN THE NAME OF TIME
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A TRAGEDY BY MICHAEL FIELD THE POETRY BOOKSHOP 35 DEVONSHIRE ST. THEOBALDS RD. LONDON W.C. MCMXIX
IN THE NAME OF TIME: A TRAGEDY
“In the Name of Time.”—The Winter’s Tale, iv, I, chorus.
ἅπανθ᾽ ὁ μακρὸς κἀναρίθμητος χρόνος φύει τ᾽ ἄδηλα καὶ φανέντα κρύπτεται: κοὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἄελπτον οὐδέν, ἀλλ᾽ ἁλίσκεται χὠ δεινὸς ὅρκος χαἰ περισκελεῖς φρένες. Sophocles—Ajax 646.
Quoted from R. C. Trevelyan’s Translation on the Cover.