‘tis Permitted Us Nay Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai
‘tis Permitted Us Nay
‘Tis permitted
Us
Nay
Our right
And duty
To excel
But
In
The
Kit
That
Evolution
Dons
On
Us
Chorus:
Clean the Earth
New beginning
Lightning and thunder
Primeval rains and motions
Sudden genesis arising of
Promethean fire
Anew
We do, we do, we do.
Civilization to all
Civilization of all
Civilization from all
What you and you and you
Write
Think
To civilization yield
Let it be registered quite
And without fussy requisites
Into the Book of Civilization
And this Book growing
Ever-increase
Ever-increase
Into the Book of Evolution
See how flowers thrive
So many billions of things
That as we
Breathe and live:
See, see.
We are the new generation
Duty of us to be new generation
Duty, duty, duty
New civilization.
This day as other days
But no!
The Thought
The Wish and the Yearning
That above
Thus expressed
Amongst all races
Amidst all nations burning
In to the breasts of all
The words
That Wisdom gathered
Above
Told
So many utterances of owls wise
Old
This day be the day
This day be the day
Oh!
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4/18/2024 2:18:10 AM # 1.0.0.1119
This is the counterpart of the Nocturnal Vision; it is the Daylight Vision of the life of human society and the human-designed and -built world we create for ourselves.And our concrete cities and highways, our 40+ hour work week, our alcohol and prozac, education and entertainment, marriage and family, etc. etc. are the result. Of course, there's also, wars and famines, economic exploitation and recession, etc. etc. but let's not go there. To be human is to be civilized, and the mixed blessings of the result don't cancel the achievements.