OUT of the now redeem us into Now! Out of the moment bring us to the End, Which is not ending merely, but the blend Of all the process and the event, for thou Dost in this moment—hiding but the how Besought by all philosophy—expend Thyself in act, and so dost ever mend This now with thine Eternal. In this show Thy wedded contraries go softly by: Moving, thou mov'st not; changing, dost not change. Thou art, and all is that would else but seem. Delicate contemplation! Thou draw'st nigh, Thou passest, thou. All time we have for range, Yet time that is not Now were but a dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET ON CATHERINE WORDSWORTH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 1 by MARK AKENSIDE TO ONE WHO ASKED by KENNETH SLADE ALLING RAMBLE OF THE GODS THROUGH BIRMINGHAM, SELECTION by JAMES BISSET THE DEPARTED by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |