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I saw Eternity the other night
Like a great Ring of pure and endless light
All calm, as it was bright.       Vaughan[58]    

To see a World in a grain of sand,
And a Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.        Blake[59]

Sometimes the poet combines the language of ultimates with a particular quality, such as Beauty, Compassion or Love, in order to create a new epithet:

WHAT WAS AND WHAT IS

What was, still is:
My heart's inner cry
For Infinity's Truth.

What is, shall remain so:
My surrender-life
To Eternity's
Love.[60]

SWEET, SWEETER, SWEETEST

Sweet is my Lord,
Him I have realised as the Eternal Truth.

Sweeter is my Lord,
Him I have realised as the only Doer.

    Sweetest is my Lord,
Him I have realised as the Enjoyer Supreme.[61]