Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Never—forever!”
All are scattered now and fled.
Some are married, some are dead;
And when I ask, with throbs of pain,
“ Ah! when shall they all meet again?”
As in the days long since gone by.
The ancient timepiece makes reply,—
“Forever—never!
Never—forever!”
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”