What that called “Death”? A sea beyond, before;
Boundless, everlasting; no port, no shore.
And “Life”? An accident. Whether at birth it fall,
Or in a thousand years, concerns not Death at all!
Earth’s Decay
Bk. II. vv. 1145-1175
Ah! the good times, when Earth was young and new,
And, day by day, in strength and beauty grew;
When out of her bountiful bosom sprang