The Speaker - “How from between my hands you slip away”
The speaker is stranded for he cannot sojourn the skidding of the years out of his hands. The speaker’s life slips from his grasp straightforwardly.
The Speaker - “All these are swept away in one brief year”
The speaker ponders on the unimportance of his lifecycle. The transience of the speaker’s life is demonstrative of the fleetingness of time-bound existence.
The Speaker - “Love Constant beyond death”
The speaker is positive that love is supernatural for it goes beyond bereavement. The relentlessness of death does not sway immortal love.
