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Before the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you
will say,
I find no delight in them
before the sun and the light
and the moon and the stars grow
dark
and the clouds return after the rain
when the keepers of the house
tremble
and the strong men stoop
when the grinders cease because they
are few
and those looking through the window grow dim
when the doors to the street are
closed
and the sound of grinding fades
when men rise up at the sound of
birds
but all their songs grow faint
when men are afraid of heights
and of dangers in the streets
when the almond tree blossoms
and the grasshopper drags himself
along
and desire no longer is stirred
Then man goes to his eternal home
and the mourners go about the streets
Remember him----- before the silver
cord is severed
or the golden bowl is broken
before the pitcher is shattered at the
spring
or the wheel broken at the well
and the dust returns to the ground it
came from
and the spirit returns to God who
gave it
Meaningless! Meaningless! says
the Teacher
Everything is Meaningless