Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dreams,
Still debating, still delay,
And the world's a ghost that gleams -
Wavers — vanishes away!
We must live while live we can;
We should love while love we may.
Dread in women, doubt in man...
So the Infinite runs away.
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