Naked Genius | ||
ONE GENERATION PASSETH AWAY AND ANOTHER COMETH.
From world to world, unknown we speed,
And leave the globe where first we try;
While others to our place succeed,
And in a moment die.
And leave the globe where first we try;
While others to our place succeed,
And in a moment die.
Alas, we know not whence we came,
To tarry but a transient day;
Break into time to gather fame,
And pass at once away.
To tarry but a transient day;
Break into time to gather fame,
And pass at once away.
At once we rise and fix our snares,
To catch the flitting birds of gain;
'Till burdened with a thousand cares,
And life turns into pain.
To catch the flitting birds of gain;
'Till burdened with a thousand cares,
And life turns into pain.
Vain bird, a while think what am I,
Here entering 'mid a hawk-like throng;
Quickly hatched out, as quick to fly,
And dare not tarry long.
Here entering 'mid a hawk-like throng;
Quickly hatched out, as quick to fly,
And dare not tarry long.
Where is the mighty and the stout,
Who lived this fading world to crave;
Left and forever gone without,
A stone to show their grave.
Who lived this fading world to crave;
Left and forever gone without,
A stone to show their grave.
Naked Genius | ||