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there is the accumulated wisdom
of mankind, which succors me
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when the day is hard
and the night lonely and long,
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Mm, The wisdom of mankind, huh?
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- What about the wisdom of the Lord?
- Oh,,,
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Yes, yes, The Good Book, mm,
l have found reward in its pages,
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But, to me, there are other
good books as well,
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Heavy volumes of antiquity freighted
with the insights of man's glorious age,
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And then, of course, l just love, love, love
the works of Mr, Edgar Allan Poe,
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Oh, l know who he was,
Kinda spooky,
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No, madam, no, no,
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Not of this world, it's true,
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He,,, he lived in a dream,
An ancient dream,
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''Helen,
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Thy beauty is to me
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Like those Nicean barks of yore,
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That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
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The weary, wayworn wanderer bore
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To his own native shore,''
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Who was Helen?
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- Some kinda whore of Babylon?
- One doesn't know who Helen was,,,
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but l picture her as being very, very,,,
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extremely,,,
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pale,