Did I hear the church-clock a few minutes ago,
I was asked, and I answered, I hardly did know,
But I thought that I heard it strike three.
Said my friend then, 'The blessings we always possess
We know not the want of, and prize them the less;
The church-clock was no new sound to thee.
'A young woman, afflicted with deafness a year,
By that sound you scarce heard, first perceived she could hear;
I was near her, and saw the girl start
With such exquisite wonder, such feelings of pride,
A happiness almost to terror allied,
She showed the sound went to her heart.'
Clock Striking
Charles Lamb
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Poem topics: friend, girl, happiness, heart, pride, woman, young, start, year, thought, I love you, I miss you, hear, clock, church, sound, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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