That sweeps away all period? As these spheres
Measure duration, they no less inspire
The godlike hope of ages without end.
The boundless space, through which these rovers take
Their restless roam, suggests the sister thought
Of boundless time. Thus, by kind Nature’s skill,
To man unlabour’d, that important guest,
Eternity, finds entrance at the sight:
And an eternity, for man ordain’d,
Or these his destined midnight counsellors, 1180