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A Clock stopped-
Not the Mantel's-
Geneva's farthest skill
Can't put the puppet bowing-
That just now dangled still-

An awe came on the Trinket!
The Figures hunched, with pain-
Then quivered out of Decimals-
Into Degreeless Noon-

It will not stir for Doctors-
This Pendulum of snow-
This Shopman importunes it-
While cool-concernless No-

Nods from the Gilded pointers-
Nods from the Seconds slim-
Decades of Arrogance between
The Dial life-
And Him-