Those spacious regions where our fancies roam,
Pain'd by the past, expecting ills to come,
In some dread moment. by the fates assign'd,
Shall pass away, nor leave a rack behind;
And Time's revolving wheels shall lose at last
The speed that spins the future and the past:
And, sovereign of an undisputed throne,
Awful eternity shall reign alone.
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I have just got a new theory of eternity.
I have just got a new theory of eternity.
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.
Every situation, every moment -- is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
Every situation, every moment -- is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
Nothing is there to come, and nothing past,
But an eternal Now does always last.
Nothing is there to come, and nothing past,
But an eternal Now does always last.
To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in read more
To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.
Then gazing up 'mid the dim pillars high,
The foliaged marble forest where ye lie,
Hush, ye read more
Then gazing up 'mid the dim pillars high,
The foliaged marble forest where ye lie,
Hush, ye will say, it is eternity!
This is the glimmering verge of heaven, and there
The columns of the heavenly palaces.
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, read more
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.
(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.
(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.
Forever is composed of nows.
Forever is composed of nows.
