Knowledge

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Knowledge

TALK not to me of knowledge, I would fain
Wander along life's dewy marge again.
Plucking the flowers a-drip with morning rain.

Within a drop of dew is sphered the world;
All mystery within a rose lies furled;
Tempests within a murmuring shell up-curled.

I sought for knowledge, and the shell is shattered.
I sought for knowledge, and the things that mattered—
The rose leaves and the dew—abroad are scattered,

Talk not to me of knowledge; she would tear
The lily-chalice and let out the rare
Communion wine that God has gathered there.

Title: Knowledge
Identifier: greatwar_moresongs2079

Item sets: More Songs By the Fighting Men

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