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 I am deathless, I am the eternal Lord

For I have spread the seed of the Word.
 

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 I turn to right and left, in all the earth

I see no signs of justice, sense or worth:

A man does evil deeds, and all his days

Are filled with luck and universal praise;

Another's good in all he does - he dies

A wretched, broken man whom all despise.
 

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 And while one is brought up with luxury and caresses, and is thrown bewildered and despairing into a dark pit, another is lifted from the pit and raised to a throne where a jeweled crown is placed on his head. The world has no shame in doing this; it is prompt to hand out both pleasure and pain and has no need of us an our doings. 

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 Such is the passing that you must leave,

All men must die, and it is vain to grieve.
 

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 From moment then to moment their desire

Gained strength, and wisdom fled before love's fire;

Passion engulfed them, and these lovers lay

Entwined together till the break of day.
 

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 Listen: this story's one you ought to know,

You'll reap the consequence of what you sow.

This fleeting world is not the world where we

Are destined to abide eternally:

And for the sake of an unworthy throne

You let the devil claim you for his own.

I've few days left here, I've no heart for war,

I cannot strive and struggle any more,

But hear an old man's words: the heart that's freed

From gnawing passion and ambitious greed

Looks on kings' treasures and the dust as one;

The man who sells his brother, as you've done,

For this same worthless dust, will never be

Regarded as a child of purity.

The world has seen so many men like you,

And laid them low: there's nothing you can do

But turn to God; take thought then for the way

You travel, since it leads to Judgment Day.
 

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 But all this world is like a tale we hear -

Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.
 

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 Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why

Should wise men grieve to know that they must die?

The Judas blossom fades, the lovely face

Of light is dimmed, and darkness takes its place.
 

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