The Kitchen Clock

THE KITCHEN CLOCK.

• Listen to the kitchen clock!
  To itself it ever talks,
  From its place it never walks;
  "Tick-tock-tick-tock:"
  Tell me what it says.
• "I'm a very patient clock,
  Never moved by hope or fear,
  Though I've stood for many a year;
  Tick-tock-tick-tock:"
  That is what it says.
• "I'm a very truthful clock:
  People say about the place,
  Truth is written on my face;
  Tick-tock-tick-tock:"
  That is what it says.
• "I'm a most obliging clock;
  If you wish to hear me strike,
  You may do it when you like;
  Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
  That is what it says.
• "I'm a very friendly clock;
  For this truth to all I tell,
  Life is short, improve it well;
  Tick-tock-tick-tock:"
  That is what it says.
• What a talkative old clock!
  Let us see what it will do
  When the hour hand reaches two;
  "Ding-ding—tick-tock:"
  That is what it says.