名人诗歌|The Building of Time

But others of the Sons of Los build Moments and Minutes and Hours，

And Days and Months and Years， and Ages and Periods： wondrous^{1 buildings！}

And every Moment has a Couch of gold for soft repose²

A Moment equals a pulsation^{3 of the artery4}

And between every two Moments stands a Daughter of Beulah，

To feed the Sleepers^{5 on their Couches with maternal6 care.}

And every Minute has an azure^{7 Tent with silken Veils；}

And every Hour has a bright golden Gate carvd with skill；

And every Day and Night has Walls of brass^{8 and Gates of adamant9，}

Shining like precious stones， and ornamented^{10 with appropriate signs；}

And every Month a silver-pavd Terrace， builded high；

And every Year invulnerable Barriers with high Towers；

And every Age is moated deep with Bridges of silver and gold；

And every Seven Ages is encircled with a Flaming Fire.

Now Seven Ages is amounting to Two Hundred Years：

Each has its Guard， each Moment， Minute， Hour， Day， Month and Year；

All are the work of Fairy hands of the Four Elements：

The Guard are Angels of Providence^{11 on duty evermore.}

Every Time less than a pulsation of the artery

Is equal in its period and value to Six Thousand Years；

For in this Period the Poet's Work is done； and all the great

Events of Time start forth^{12 and are conceiv'd in such a Period，}

Within a Moment， a Pulsation of the Artery.