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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HE KNOWS NO CHANGE WHO KNOWS THE TRUE, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Forever lives the knowledge of the wise
Subject(s): Wisdom; Change
Last Line: Forever lives the knowledge of the wise
Subject(s): Wisdom; Change
He knows no change who knows the true,
And on it keeps his eye,
Who always still the unseen doth view;
Only the false & the apparent die.
Things change, but change not far
From what they are not but to what they are,
Or rather 'tis our ignorance that dies;
Forever lives the knowledge of the wise.
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