Myself when young did eagerly frequent

Set by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), no title, 1896 [ bass and piano ], from In a Persian Garden, no. 10 [Sung Text]

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Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument
About it and about; but evermore
Came out by the same door where in I went.

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With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow,
And with my own Hand [wrought to make it]1 grow,
And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd --
"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."

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Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd
Of the two Worlds so learnedly, are thrust
Like foolish Prophets forth; their words to scorn
Are scatter'd, and their mouths are stopp'd with Dust.

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Author(s): Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)