Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TIME, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS


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First Line: Do you wish me, then, away?
Last Line: Eternity and I are one.
Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D.
Subject(s): Future Life; Time; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


Do you wish me, then, away?
You should rather bid my stay:
Though I seem so dull and slow,
Think before you let me go!

Whether you entreat or spurn
I can nevermore return:
Times shall come, and times shall be,
But no other time like me.

Though I move with leaden feet,
Light itself is not so fleet;
And before you know me gone
Eternity and I are one.





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