And Time the Shadow
now within hearing of the Minster clock, now of the College bells, and the vague hum of the mighty city. And over head through all its course the heaven with its clouds, its sun, moon, and stars; but always, and in all places, declaring its source; and even when laying its burden of manifold and faithful affection at the feet of the Almighty Father, still remembering whence it came,
"That friend of mine who lives in God,
That God which ever lives and loves;
One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which the whole creation moves."
It is to that chancel, and to the day, 3d January 1834, that he refers in poem xviii. of In Memoriam.
"'Tis well,'tis something, we may stand
Where he in English earth is laid,