Nothing Will DieReprinted without any important alteration among theJuveniliain 1871 and onward. No change made except that “through” is spelt “thro’,” and in the last line “and” is substituted for “all”.When will the stream be aweary of flowingUnder my eye?When will the wind be aweary of blowingOver the sky?When will the clouds be aweary of fleeting?When will the heart be aweary of beating?And nature die?Never, oh! never, nothing will die?The stream flows,The wind blows,The cloud fleets,The heart beats,Nothing will die.Nothing will die;All things will changeThrough eternity.’Tis the world’s winter;Autumn and summerAre gone long ago;Earth is dry to the centre,But spring, a new comer,A spring rich and strange,Shall make the winds blowRound and round,Through and through,Here and there,Till the airAnd the groundShall be filled with life anew.The world was never made;It will change, but it will not fade.So let the wind range;For even and mornEver will beThrough eternity.Nothing was born;Nothing will die;All things will change.
Reprinted without any important alteration among theJuveniliain 1871 and onward. No change made except that “through” is spelt “thro’,” and in the last line “and” is substituted for “all”.
When will the stream be aweary of flowingUnder my eye?When will the wind be aweary of blowingOver the sky?When will the clouds be aweary of fleeting?When will the heart be aweary of beating?And nature die?Never, oh! never, nothing will die?The stream flows,The wind blows,The cloud fleets,The heart beats,Nothing will die.Nothing will die;All things will changeThrough eternity.’Tis the world’s winter;Autumn and summerAre gone long ago;Earth is dry to the centre,But spring, a new comer,A spring rich and strange,Shall make the winds blowRound and round,Through and through,Here and there,Till the airAnd the groundShall be filled with life anew.The world was never made;It will change, but it will not fade.So let the wind range;For even and mornEver will beThrough eternity.Nothing was born;Nothing will die;All things will change.