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 And can eternity belong to me,
 Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?  
 And can eternity belong to me,
 Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? 
 Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought!
 Through what variety of untried being,
  Through what new scenes and changes read more 
 Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought!
 Through what variety of untried being,
  Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! 
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is read more
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
 Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise
 Up between two eternities!  
 Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise
 Up between two eternities! 
Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.
(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.
The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity.
The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity.
Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear read more
Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
The world -- A small parenthesis in eternity.
The world -- A small parenthesis in eternity.