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I.

Threefold is of Time the tread:
Lingering comes the Future pacing hither; Dartlike is the Now gone thither;
Stands the Past aye moveless, foot and head.

  No impatience wings its idle Tread of leisurely delay;
Fear or doubt it cannot bridle
Should it headlong run away;
No remorse, no incantation
Moves the standing from its station.

  Wouldst thou end thy earthly journey Wise and of good fortune full,
Make the Lingering thine attorney
Thee to counsel--not thy tool;
Not for friend the Flying take,
Nor thy foe the Standing make.



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