Interludes and Undertones, or, Music at Twilight By Charles Mackay |
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XCI. WILD SUPPOSITIONS.
Suppose that Eve had never eaten
The fruit of the forbidden tree,
Suppose that Noah's Ark had foundered
With all on board in open sea;
The fruit of the forbidden tree,
Suppose that Noah's Ark had foundered
With all on board in open sea;
Suppose that in this world of struggle
Eating and drinking were unknown,
And that our vigour, health, and beauty
Could be sustained on air alone;
Eating and drinking were unknown,
And that our vigour, health, and beauty
Could be sustained on air alone;
Suppose that men, like beeves and monkeys,
Had never kindled flame or fire,
That printing had not been invented,
To teach the nations to aspire;
Had never kindled flame or fire,
That printing had not been invented,
To teach the nations to aspire;
Suppose that brave Columbus never
Had cared to tempt the western seas;
And then suppose what might have happened
In such contingencies as these;—
Had cared to tempt the western seas;
And then suppose what might have happened
In such contingencies as these;—
And, maddest, wildest supposition
That ever gleamed in human mind,
Suppose that since the days of Adam
Men had done justice to mankind!
That ever gleamed in human mind,
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Men had done justice to mankind!
That ever since the world was fashioned
They had been true and good and wise!
God bless us! Earth, no longer earthly,
Would have been perfect Paradise.
They had been true and good and wise!
God bless us! Earth, no longer earthly,
Would have been perfect Paradise.
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