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- WHAT THEN?
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- HIS chosen comrades thought at school
- He must grow a famous man;
- He thought the same and lived by rule,
- All his twenties crammed with toil;
- "i{What then?' sang Plato's ghost. "What then?"}
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- Everything he wrote was read,
- After certain years he won
- Sufficient money for his need,
- Friends that have been friends indeed;
- "i{What then?' sang Plato's ghost. " What then?'}
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- All his happier dreams came true --
- A small old house, wife, daughter, son,
- Grounds where plum and cabbage grew,
- poets and Wits about him drew;
- "i{What then.?' sang Plato's ghost. "What then?'}
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- The work is done,' grown old he thought,
- "According to my boyish plan;
- Let the fools rage, I swerved in naught,
- Something to perfection brought';
- i{But louder sang that ghost, "What then?'}
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