Run not too fast! I beg you, please!
And miss the streams, rivers and trees.
The world is large, that much is known,
But its breadth our eyes can never own.
Not each tree can you measure and mark,
Nor in your ears each bird’s song hark.
Each flower’s scent you shall not smell,
Nor in the sea cast ev’ry shell.
Your ship shall not meet ev’ry wave,
Not ev’ry storm will your heart brave.
Some lands will never touch your feet,
For not all goals can your heart meet.
But walk an even pace: then you’ll see,
That the song of life’s great decree
Is not to run a quickened race,
But to walk the earth with even pace.
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