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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.
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?
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.
Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise
Up between two eternities!
Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise
Up between two eternities!
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.
He wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven to throne in.
He wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven to throne in.
With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. Our horizon is the universe.
With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. Our horizon is the universe.
The world -- A small parenthesis in eternity.
The world -- A small parenthesis in eternity.
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.