Religion

Time lengthening, in the lengthening seemeth long

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

Time lengthening, in the lengthening seemeth long:
But ended Time will seem a little space,
A little while from morn to evensong,
A little while that ran a rapid race;
A little while, when once Eternity
Denies proportion to the other’s pace.
Eternity to be and be and be,
Ever beginning, never ending still,
Still undiminished far as thought can see;
Farther than thought can see, by dint of will
Strung up and strained and shooting like a star
Past utmost bound of everlasting hill:
Eternity unswaddled, without bar,
Finishing sequence in its awful sum;
Eternity still rolling forth its car,
Eternity still here and still to come.

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Verses (1893), section: Divers Worlds. Time and Eternity.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “Time lengthening, in the lengthening seemeth long.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/779/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “Time lengthening, in the lengthening seemeth long.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/779/.

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