Now, in a breath, we’ll burst those gates of gold, <br />And ransack heaven before our moment fails. <br />Now, in a breath, before we, too, grow old, <br />We’ll mount and sing and spread immortal sails. <br /> <br /> <br />It is not time that makes eternity. <br />Love and an hour may quite out-span the years, <br />And give us more to hear and more to see <br />Than life can wash away with all its tears. <br /> <br /> <br />Dear, when we part, at last, that sunset sky <br />Shall not be touched with deeper hues than this; <br />But we shall ride the lightning ere we die <br />And seize our brief infinitude of bliss, <br /> <br /> <br />With time to spare for all that heaven can tell, <br />While eyes meet eyes, and look their last farewell.<br /><br />Alfred Noyes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/immortal-sails/
