| Change |
| Said the sun to the moon, |
| You cannot stay. |
| Change |
| Says the moon to the waters, |
| All is flowing. |
| Change |
| Says the fields to the grass, |
| Seed-time and harvest, |
| Chaff and grain. |
| You must change said, |
| Said the worm to the bud, |
| Though not to a rose, |
| Petals fade |
| That wings may rise |
| Borne on the wind. |
| You are changing |
| said death to the maiden, your wan face |
| To memory, to beauty. |
| Are you ready to change? |
| Says the thought to the heart, to let her pass |
| All your life long |
| For the unknown, the unborn |
| In the alchemy |
| Of the world's dream? |
| You will change, |
| says the stars to the sun, |
| Says the night to the stars. |
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