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60 I will confront these
shows of the day and night!
I will know if I am to be less than they!
I will see if I am not as majestic as they!
I will see if I am not as subtle and real as they!
I will see if I am to be less generous than they!
61 I will see if I have no
meaning, while the houses
and ships
have meaning!
I will see if the fishes and birds are to be enough for themselves, and I am not to be enough for myself.
I will know if I am to be less than they!
I will see if I am not as majestic as they!
I will see if I am not as subtle and real as they!
I will see if I am to be less generous than they!
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I will see if the fishes and birds are to be enough for themselves, and I am not to be enough for myself.
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