Where the woods and ploughlands <br />of tradition and modernity <br />run into the never-ending <br />deserts of eternity, <br />there I have my daily task <br />while time smoothly passes, <br />spooning the eternal sands <br />into hour glass.<br /><br />Piet Hein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/time-and-eternity/