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13 And remember tlij' Creator 

 In the clays of thy youth : 

 Before the evil days come 

 And the years touch, when thou shalt say 

 I have no pleasure in them. 



2 Before the sun and the light be darkened, 

 And the moon and the stars ; 



And the clouds return after the rain. 



3 In the day when the keepers of the house tremble. 

 And the men of might are turned aside, 



And the grinders cease because they are few. 



And those luokiog out of the windows sliall be darkened, 



4 And they shall close the doors in the street, 

 In weakness of voice of the grinder ; 



And he shall rise at the voice of the ostrich, 

 And all the daughters of song shall be abased. 



5 And they shall look to the height, 

 And terrors be in the way : 



And the almond shall blossom, 



And the grasshopper be heavy, 



And the caper-berry be scattered : 



Because a man has gone to the house of his eternity. 



And the mourners have gone about the streets. 



6 Or ever the silver cord be untwisted : 

 Or the golden bowl broken : 



Or the pitcher be broken at the spring : 

 Or the wheel overturned at the cistern : 



7 Or the dust returned to the earth as it was, 

 And the spirit returned to God who gave it. 



SUMMING UP BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER. 



8 Perplexity of perplexities, as said the Ecclesiast, 

 All is perplexity. 



9 And moreover because the Ecclesiast was wise, 

 Because he thoroughly taught man knowledge. 



And the ear shall trace oui the adornment of parables, 



10 The Ecclesiast sought many things 

 To find acceptable words. 



And the writing of correctness. 

 Words of truth. 



11 The words of the wise are as goads. 

 And as spikes well planted : 

 They of the assemblies 



Gave them from one shepherd. 



