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THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE by OSCAR WILDE

First Line: THOU KNOWEST ALL: -- I SEEK IN VAIN
Last Line: IN SOME DIVINE ETERNITY.
Subject(s): FUTURE LIFE; RETRIBUTION; ETERNITY; AFTER LIFE;
Thou knowest all: -- I seek in vain
What lands to till or sow with seed;
The land is black with briar and weed,
Nor cares for falling tears or rain.

Thou knowest all: -- I sit and wait
With blinded eyes and hands that fail,
Till the last lifting of the veil
That hangs before God's holy gate.

Thou knowest all: -- I cannot see;
I trust I shall not live in vain:
I @3know@1 that we shall meet again
In some divine eternity.



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