Knowledge

“knowledge is power.” So says the sage,
We grow in wisdom we do not age.
We grow each day from small to great,
Step by step from state to state.
We cannot loiter by the way,
We must press on from day to day.
We cannot bid Old Time to wait,
He’s never early, never late.

We must all work while it is light;
For too soon will come the darksome night.
Not a minute can we throw away,
So let us seek pearls while we may.
The time misspent we cannot recall;
But must render an account for all;
For every wrathful deed and word,
By lowly man, high angels heard.

The book of knowledge is so great,
It’s worth we cannot estimate;
And as we learn the lesson true,
We’ll know the years are all too few.
Then let us mark each passing hour,
By praising wisdom’s might power.
Then let us mark each fleeting day,
By basking beneath its radiant ray.