Eternity

Robert Herrick

1591 to 1674

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O years!  and age!  farewell:
Behold I go,
Where I do know
Infinity to dwell.

And these mine eyes shall see
All times, how they
Are lost i' th' sea
Of vast eternity:—

Where never moon shall sway
The stars; but she,
And night, shall be
Drown'd in one endless day.