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Upon the threshing-floor of life I burn Beside the Winnower a word to learn;
 * And only this: Man's of the soil and sun,

And to the soil and sun he shall return.

And like a spider's house or sparrow's nest, The Sultan's palace, though upon the crest
 * Of glory's mountain, soon or late must go

Ay, all abodes to ruin are addrest.