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Old Father Time, one day / In his study, so they say, / Was indulging in a surreptitious nap, / When from his drowsy dreams / He was wakened, as it seems, / By a timid but persistent little rap.
He yawned and rubbed his eyes / In indolent surprise, / Then slowly he arose from where he sat; / He opened wide his door, / And nearly tumbled o'er / The figure that stood waiting on the mat.