The eternal Logos, ordering the whole world.”

And, as he spoke, I heard, through his own words,

Tones that were now a part of his own mind,

The murmur of that old legend which he read

So long ago, in boyhood, by the sea.

Time never fails. Not Tanais or the Nile

Can flow for ever. All things pass away

But One, One only; for the eternal Mind

Enfolds all changes, and can never change.

Tyrtamus touched his arm. “Time presses now.