ALL ABOARD!
Reading edition
Scene: a railway station.
ust two minutes more! O Tempus, stand still, Stand still, I implore, One moment, until I have time to reflect On what I would say.
ust two minutes more!
O Tempus, stand still,
Stand still, I implore,
One moment, until
I have time to reflect
On what I would say.
Give me time to collect My senses, I pray, Until I have said What my courage was mounting To say, when instead I was stupidly counting The moments that fled! O Tempus! you’re flying! A plague on this parting, This sighing, goodbying, This smiling and smarting; A plague too upon This—Heavens! it’s starting! Good bye!— There, she’s gone!