That future is eternal; even so
How can we gauge th’ eternal save by time?
How can we judge of joy that will not end,
Save by our own, if ours would only last?
What is it to be blessèd, if not this,—
To find our process of becoming blest
Made permanent, our young weak wings of faith
Full fledged and flying by habit?—and if so,
Heaven’s habits are form’d here. Suppose a youth,
That, by and by, he may enjoy much wealth,