Interludes and Undertones, or, Music at Twilight | ||
30
XXIV. THE ETERNAL PENDULUM.
Swing on, old pendulum of the world,
For ever and for ever,
Keeping the time of suns and stars,
The march that endeth never!
Your monotone speaks joy and grief,
And failure and endeavour;
Swing on, old pendulum, to and fro,
For ever and for ever!
For ever and for ever,
Keeping the time of suns and stars,
The march that endeth never!
Your monotone speaks joy and grief,
And failure and endeavour;
Swing on, old pendulum, to and fro,
For ever and for ever!
Long as you swing shall earth be glad,
And men be partly good and bad;
Long as you swing shall Wrong come Right,
As sure as Morning follows Night;
The days go wrong—the ages never—
Swing on, old pendulum—swing for ever!
And men be partly good and bad;
Long as you swing shall Wrong come Right,
As sure as Morning follows Night;
The days go wrong—the ages never—
Swing on, old pendulum—swing for ever!
Interludes and Undertones, or, Music at Twilight | ||