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Once I have tried to string a few Pearl-seeds Upon my Rosary of wooden beads;
 * But I have searched, and I have searched in vain

For pearls in all the caverns of the creeds

And in the palaces of wealth I found Some beads of wisdom scattered on the ground,
 * Around the throne of Power, beneath the feet

Of fair-faced slaves with flowers of folly crowned.