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KNOWLEDGE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Poet Analysis

First Line: KNOWLEDGE - WHO HATH IT? NAY, NOT THOU
Last Line: NOW HE KNOWS ALL. O WONDROUS MIRACLE!
Subject(s): KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE -- who hath it? Nay, not thou,
Pale student, pondering thy futile lore!
A little space it shall be thine, as now
'T is his whose funeral passes at thy door:
Last night a clown that scarcely knew to spell --
Now he knows all. O wondrous miracle!



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