An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Old Year

Clapp, Henry Jr. "The Old Year." New York Saturday Press, December 30, 1865, 337.
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The speaker compares his heart to a clock, commenting that the consistent clicking of the clock (i.e., the beating of his heart) reminds him that time (i.e., his life) is running out.

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