These Things Too - Pearls Before Swine

There was a Persian king

Who wanted to know

What he could say on

Every occasion

That always would be so

Illusions, circles and changes

Illusions, always changing

Like the wind and the rain

He summoned three wise men

From his eternal throne

One from each border

Gave them his order

To write words always true

The wise men thought so hard

For a night and day

Found these words to say on

Every occasion

These things too shall pass away

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