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298.The clock indicates the moment—but what does
eternity indicate?

299.We have thus far exhausted trillions of winters and
summers,
There are trillions ahead, and trillions ahead of them.

300.Births have brought us richness and variety,
And other births will bring us richness and variety.

301.I do not call one greater and one smaller,
That which fills its period and place is equal to any.

302.Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my
brother, my sister?
I am sorry for you—they are not murderous or jealous
upon me,
All has been gentle with me—I keep no account
with lamentation,
(What have I to do with lamentation?)

303.I am an acme of things accomplished, and I an
encloser of things to be.

304.My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs,
On every step bunches of ages, and larger bunches
between the steps,
All below duly travelled, and still I mount and mount.

305.Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me,
Afar down I see the huge first Nothing—I know I
was even there,
I waited unseen and always, and slept through the
lethargic mist,