This speck of life in time's great wilderness
This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas,
The past, read more

This speck of life in time's great wilderness
This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas,
The past, the future, two eternities!

The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity.

The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity.

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.

I have just got a new theory of eternity.

I have just got a new theory of eternity.

The world -- A small parenthesis in eternity.

The world -- A small parenthesis in eternity.

That golden key
That opes the palace of eternity.

That golden key
That opes the palace of eternity.

Those spacious regions where our fancies roam,
Pain'd by the past, expecting ills to come,
In some read more

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.

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence

In time there is no present,
In eternity no future,
In eternity no past.

In time there is no present,
In eternity no future,
In eternity no past.