Eight O'Clock

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Eight O'Clock
by Sara Teasdale


Supper comes at five o'clock,
     At six, the evening star,
My lover comes at eight o'clock --
     But eight o'clock is far.

How could I bear my pain all day
     Unless I watched to see
The clock-hands laboring to bring
     Eight o'clock to me.


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