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To Stop Time An analysis of a poem Zegary w Trewirze (Clocks In Trier) by Stefan Napierski from his 1933volume Obrazy z podróży (Travel Pictures). The interpretation includes on one hand thecontext of the only novel by Napierski, Rozmowy z cieniem (Conversations With A Shadow),in which the clocks play an important role, on the other hand the iconographical tradition ofthe time measuring in Trier, based mostly on the monography of that subject by ChristlLehnert-Leven (Uhren in Trier. Geschichte, Gedichte und Bestände des Museums Simeonstift14 S. Napierski, Z powodu „Diogenesa w kontuszu” Wacława Berenta, „Ateneum” 1938, nr 2 s. 31. Trier, 1992). There is also a discussion of the allusions to Heinrich Heine and Rainer MariaRilke, both in Napierski’s poem and in his novel, as well as a presentation of two MiddleAges legends: about the founding of the town of Trier by the king Trebeta and about the life-story of St. Simeon, an eremit buried alive in the town’s gates, which help to explain thedeeper meaning of Napierski’s poem.