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TIME by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

First Line: DO YOU WISH ME, THEN, AWAY?
Last Line: ETERNITY AND I ARE ONE.
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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