Just think! some night the stars will gleam <br /> Upon a cold, grey stone, <br />And trace a name with silver beam, <br /> And lo! 'twill be your own. <br /> <br />That night is speeding on to greet <br /> Your epitaphic rhyme. <br />Your life is but a little beat <br /> Within the heart of Time. <br /> <br />A little gain, a little pain, <br /> A laugh, lest you may moan; <br />A little blame, a little fame, <br /> A star-gleam on a stone.<br /><br />Robert William Service<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/just-think/
