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The Greed of Men

Who wanted without the knowing And grew without the sowing Standing there in awkward stance Viewing all with eyes askance Asking without reasoned why Reaching vain to touch the sky For in whose hands with futile grip The beams of sun and moon doth slip And lips that sing the lullabies Seldom heard but often cried

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