"Who leaves the levee with smoke-scented sleeves? Not destined by the lute or quilt to sit, It needs no watchman to announce the dawn, No maid at the fifth watch to replenish it. Burned with anxiety both day and night, Consumed with anguish as time slips away, As life speeds past we learn to hold it dear— What cares it whether foul or fair the day?"

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Chapter 22; answer: incense clock.

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