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ABRACADABRA.


 * By Abracadabra we signify


 * An infinite number of things.


 * 'Tis the answer to What? and How? and Why?


 * And Whence? and Whither? -- a word whereby


 * The Truth (with the comfort it brings)


 * Is open to all who grope in night,


 * Crying for Wisdom's holy light.


 * Whether the word is a verb or a noun
 * Is knowledge beyond my reach.
 * I only know that 'tis handed down.
 * From sage to sage,
 * From age to age --
 * An immortal part of speech!


 * Of an ancient man the tale is told
 * That he lived to be ten centuries old,
 * In a cave on a mountain side.
 * (True, he finally died.)
 * The fame of his wisdom filled the land,
 * For his head was bald, and you'll understand
 * His beard was long and white
 * And his eyes uncommonly bright.


 * Philosophers gathered from far and near
 * To sit at his feet and hear and hear,
 * Though he never was heard
 * To utter a word
 * But "Abracadabra, abracadab,
 * Abracada, abracad,
 * Abraca, abrac, abra, ab!"
 * 'Twas all he had,
 * 'Twas all they wanted to hear, and each
 * Made copious notes of the mystical speech,
 * Which they published next --
 * A trickle of text
 * In the meadow of commentary.
 * Mighty big books were these,
 * In a number, as leaves of trees;
 * In learning, remarkably -- very!


 * He's dead,
 * As I said,
 * And the books of the sages have perished,
 * But his wisdom is sacredly cherished.
 * In Abracadabra it solemnly rings,
 * Like an ancient bell that forever swings.
 * O, I love to hear
 * That word make clear
 * Humanity's General Sense of Things.
 * Jamrach Holobom