Excerpt from Topics in Ancient History

Behold, the puny child of Man

Sits by Time"s boundless sea,

And gathers in his feeble hand

Drops of Eternity.

He overhears some broken words

Of whispered mystery,

He writes them in a tiny book

And calls it History.

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