‘Always’ thy centre, Ring immense!
And ‘Never’ thy circumference:
Mark well, O Man, Eternity!
Eternity! Eternity!
How long art thou, Eternity!
Came there a bird each thousandth year,
One sand-grain from the hills to bear,
When all had vanished, grain by grain,
Eternity would still remain:
Mark well, O Man, Eternity!