Robert Ferguson - The Great Pyramid lyrics

Yes! yon stern lines do but embody one, One stern, unchanging, omnipresent thought That dwelt a deadly incubus upon The builder's soul, and in his nature wrought: With giant efforts all his life he sought To fling the fearful burden from his mind And left, at last, in visible shape behind Its type, this load, the heaviest ever brought By man upon the weary earth to press In this stupendous form is tangibly That thought portrayed! Eternity--no less! Eternity mistaken! Never ye Who do not faith, surpa**ing faith possess, No--never look into eternity!