The True Knowledge
Oscar Wilde
it is inevitable that life should be harvested like a crop that is ripe, and that man should die wile another lives.
-Euripides, "Hypsipile"
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
And the first opening of the gate.
Thou knowest all; I cannot see.
I trust I shall not live in vain,
I know that we shall meet again
In some divine eternity.