Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ETERNITY, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE


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ETERNITY, by                    
First Line: As time's sure pendulum swings to and fro
Last Line: "eternity,"" in muffled song or cry."
Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


As Time's sure pendulum swings to and fro,
The years tick in, tick out, some bright, some grey,
Persistently in space. What rhythms convey
The message borne through Nature's constant flow?
The silent throb of years ... clean winds that blow ...
Soft canticle of stars so far away ...
Sad moaning of the sea through night and day—
"Eternity," by song or sigh breathed low.

Across the plains we hear its whispered song;
It pulses with the desert's vibrant heat;
We hear it in the mountain's smothered sigh;
Illusively it comes, now faint now strong,
Forever on the universe to beat—
"Eternity," in muffled song or cry.





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