What are the things associated with the temporal and what are associated with the eternal?
Solution and Explanation
In the poem, the things associated with the temporal are the temporary things that exist to a certain point. Human qualities like "Envy", "lazy", "womb"," greedy", vain", "glut", "plummets", "leaden", "hours", and "mortal"," Death"," Chance" are the limitations of a human life, seemingly enslaved by Time.
The things associated with the eternal are "Love", "Peace", "Truth", "Joy", "Throne", "soul"," Stars", which shall attain in heaven.
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