Eternity! Eternity!

That boundless, soundless, tideless, sea,

Of mysteries the mystery,

What is Eternity to me?

Infinite bliss or misery,

Woe past, woe present, woe to be;

The fulness of felicity;

These are Eternity to me.

Two voices from Eternity!

A voice from heaven comes down to me,

A voice from bell breaks dolefully,

"Life, Death, O Man! are offer'd thee."

The abyss is moved; even Wrath cries "Flee!"

The height expands, and Love cries "See

What God hath here prepared for thee;

Choose thou thine own Eternity!"