Time is like a mighty ocean rolling
Full, forever rolling, forever blest
Like the bell of death forever tolling
“Lord, give Thy servant forever rest”
Time like the sands of the shore uncounted
Time is like those grains of dust unmeasured
Time is like those years of Life surmounted
Time like those mighty em’ralds are treasured
Who’ll know what’ll happen in a thousand years?
A thousand years to God is like a sigh
Time is not counted like those sparkling tears
Before we know it we begin to die
Time is like a mighty ocean rolling
Like the bell of death forever tolling

*~Marian~