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TO-DAY

The past did not behold to-day; the future shall not. We must use it now
if it is to be of any benefit to mankind.

  So here hath been dawning
    Another blue day;
  Think, wilt thou let it
    Slip useless away?
  Out of Eternity
    This new day is born;
  Into Eternity,
    At night will return.
  Behold it aforetime
    No eye ever did;
  So soon it for ever
    From all eyes is hid.
  Here hath been dawning
    Another blue day;
  Think, wilt thou let it
    Slip useless away?

_Thomas Carlyle._