Dent (clocks and watches) Dent (clocks and watches) Dent was a London manufacturer of luxury clocks and watches, founded by Edward John Dent. Dent began making watches in 1814, although it wasn’t until 1876 that the Dent triangular trade mark was registered. Perhaps the company’s biggest coup is winning the contract to make the clock for the new palace of Westminster – or Big Ben as it’s more commonly known. Edward John Dent (1790-1853) discovered his passion for horology from his cousin, Richard Rippon, himself a master watchmaker. Dent established his own company in 1814, and developed a reputation as a builder of accurate
One Word is Too Often Profaned to the use of the word "love" but because it has been misused often by men everywhere to describe ordinary and worldly feelings, he will not use this word for Jane. The metrical feet used in the poem are a mixture of anapests and iambs. The first line of each couplet contains three accents and the second line contains two. This poem has at times been printed with the titles "To ---" and "Love". The poem was published in London in 1824 in the collection "Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley" by John and Henry L. Hunt. One Word is