Understanding Without Wisdom
Once long fore the astronomical lore
Myths of exploration and attainment
This space under our feet
In which we breathe
Had not a name
Twas just a place
Knowledge is to power
As time is a devourer
Pray! mystery incite
The curious mind
To break away and unwind
The ignorance of bliss
This human race doth keep its pace
In making manifest covetous tyranny
Upon throughout history
Not only the free
But the innocent, weak, and weary
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Submitted on May 10, 2010
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 412 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 5 |
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