And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie

Aeons passedโ€ฆ worlds span and whirledโ€ฆ Time was motionlessโ€ฆ It stood still - it passed through a thousand agesโ€ฆ No, it was only a minute or soโ€ฆ Two people were standing looking down on a dead manโ€ฆ