Time & Brevity
Time and Eternity
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, IV: Poems and Plays, ed. E. V. Lucas
Time & Brevity
Where the soul drinks of misery's power,
Each moment seems a lengthened hour;
But when bright joy illumes the mind,
Time passes as the fleetest wind.--
How to a wicked soul must be
Whole ages of eternity?
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Lamb, Charles. “Time and Eternity.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/161/.
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Lamb, Charles. “Time and Eternity.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/161/.
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