twenty two

Just Think!

Just think! Some night the stars will gleam

Upon a cold, grey stone,

And trace a name with the silver beam,

And lo! 'twill be your own.

That night is speeding on to greet

Your epitaphic rhyme.

Your life is but a little beat

Within the heart of Time.

A little gain, a little pain,

A laugh, lest you moan;'

A little blame, a little fame

A star-gleam on a stone.

by Robert W. Service