Forever－is composed of Nows－1
'Tis not a different time－
Except for Infiniteness－
And Latitude of Home－
From this－experienced Here－5
Remove the Dates－to These－
Let Months dissolve in further Months－
And Years－exhale in Years－
Without Debate－or Pause－9
Or Celebrated Days－
No different Our Years would be
From Anno Dominies－
'Tis not a different time－
Except for Infiniteness－
And Latitude of Home－
From this－experienced Here－5
Remove the Dates－to These－
Let Months dissolve in further Months－
And Years－exhale in Years－
Without Debate－or Pause－9
Or Celebrated Days－
No different Our Years would be
From Anno Dominies－
(F.690/J.624)
[1] Forever:: the eternal life. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23) Nows:: the present moments.
[3] Except:: the exception of to live now is death.
[4] Home:: in various connexions, referring to the grave (OED 4). Latitude of Home:: the freedom of death.
[5] Here:: in this world; in this life; on earth (OED 4). this experienced Here:: a person has been through in this life.
[6] Dates:: date, the time at which something happened or is to happen (OED 2b). These:: the Infiniteness And Latitude of death.
[7] Months, further Months:: shift the counting of months in our current life to the months in the next life.
[8] Years, Years:: shift this life's years to the next life.
[9, 10] Debate or Pause, Or Celebrated Days:: the three items must relate to something to explore them. The clue is the Anno Dominies in line twelve, the birth of Jesus. Jesus' debate, His death, a pause of the eternal life, and the His celebrated days.
[11] Years:: passed years of one's life.
[12] Anno Dominis:: the plural form indicates that every year is the 1 A.D. in our world, to treat every year as the year of Jesus' birth.
