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SAITH INSTINCT by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS

First Line: OH, DO NOT SEEK - BUT FIND
Last Line: BUT ALL IN TUNE IT SINGS.

OH, do not seek -- but find,
And do not look, but see;
Lay by the sophist mind,
Nor strive at all, but be.

And do not learn, but know --
And whither wouldst thou fare?
Arrive, but do not go,
Be There in Everywhere.

The tree knows not of time,
Yet hath its runic rings;
The woodbird cons no rhyme,
But all in tune it sings.



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