Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DURATION, by DOUGLAS MACKINTOSH


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DURATION, by                    
First Line: I look into the ages of the past
Last Line: The gate through which I'll find eternity.
Subject(s): Future; Past


I look into the ages of the past
And there behold a lapse of time so vast
That planets live and die like mortal man; --
And still I look to find where Time began.

I look into the ages yet to be
And there behold the end of Prophecy --
The sun shall shine no more on mortal men: --
And still I look to see where Time shall end.

But when I place my hand above my heart
And count each measured throb, I stop! I start! --
These throbs Time's atoms are, and one shall be
The gate through which I'll find Eternity.





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