I Saw Eternity the Other Night (Live)

"I saw Eternity the other night

Like a great Ring of pure, endless light

All calm as it was bright

And round beneath it, Time, in hours, days, years

Driven by the spheres

Like a vast shadow moved in which the world

And all her train were hurled

The doting Lover in his quaintest strain

Did there complain

Near him, his lute, his fancy, and his flights

Wit's sour delights

With gloves and knots the silly snares of pleasure

Yet his dear treasure

All scattered lay, while he his eyes did pour

Upon a flower "