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Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years

John Newton (1839). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c”, p.153
Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years