Time lengthening, in the lengthening seemeth long: But ended Time will seem a little space, A little while from morn to evensong, A little while that ran a rapid race; A little while, when once Eternity Denies proportion to the other's pace. Eternity to be and be and be. Ever beginning, never ending still, Still undiminished far as thought can see; Farther than thought can see, by dint of will Strung up and strained and shooting like a star Past utmost bound of everlasting hill: Eternity unswaddled, without bar, Finishing sequence in its awful sum; Eternity still rolling forth its car. Eternity still here and still to come. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HER LETTER by FRANCIS BRET HARTE SWEET MEETING OF DESIRES by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE TWO POINTS OF VIEW: 2 by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB LUDWIG OF BAVARIA by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR FAREWELL TO THE MUSE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ALL SAINTS' DAY (1867) by ADA CAMBRIDGE |