Yet onward still to thee we speed,

As to the fight th’ impatient steed,

As ship to port, or shaft from bow,

Or swift as couriers homeward go:

Mark well, O Man, Eternity!

Eternity! Eternity!

How long art thou, Eternity!

As in a ball’s concentric round

Nor starting-point nor end is found,

So thou, Eternity, so vast,