Wisdom

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I stood and thought

Beyond the things I know:

Tomorrow, yesterday

And things that grow;

Oceans, the clouds

he wind and the rain;

And vision and thought

And joy and pain.

Light hanging on nothing

Up in the sky.

Rocks, and dirt and

things that die

Butterflies, buzzards, Alligators,

And you and me.

Everything my eyes

Are given to see.

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Mountings and valleys,

Hills capped with snow,

 This way and that way,

High up and down low,

Wisdom, the future,

Heaven and hell

Air, light, darkness,

And stuff that smell.

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Time and distance and

Things that rot,

And knew that all I know

Is I know not.

Then with my wisdom

 All at once denied,

I sat back down

Most satisfied.