Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quote

Never here, forever there,
Where all parting, pain, and care,
And death, and time shall disappear,—
Forever there, but never here!
The horologe of Eternity
Sayeth this incessantly,—
"Forever — never!
Never — forever!"

The Old Clock on the Stairs, st. 9 (1845).

The Old Clock on the Stairs