 | Collected poems of Henry Thoreau |  |
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HE KNOWS NO CHANGE WHO KNOWS THE TRUE
He knows no change who knows the true,
And on it keeps his eye,
Who always still the unseen doth view;
Only the false & the apparent die.
And on it keeps his eye,
Who always still the unseen doth view;
Only the false & the apparent die.
Things change, but change not far
From what they are not but to what they are,
Or rather 'tis our ignorance that dies;
Forever lives the knowledge of the wise.
From what they are not but to what they are,
Or rather 'tis our ignorance that dies;
Forever lives the knowledge of the wise.
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