The Cosmic Clock

Pulleys turn, the governor whirrs, The chimes announce the passage of yet Another precise quantity of time. The sounding brass fades, All the quiet sounds of metal parts Working together resume. A cold blast of snow and wind, Glistening ice, and frozen lakes Announce the hour of winter on earth. Grand and majestic the whole earth turns On invisible bearings without a sound To guide the seasons And divide the night from day. Each day the light of dawn creeps Across oceans and...