Greater than my ancestors, possessing all my wits;
I desired what I espied, acquiring all of it.
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Pleasure wasn’t just from stuff, in toil I found it, too.
Though rewarding, this as well, could not chase off the blues.
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All my deeds and all they brought were vanity and loss.
There is nothing to be gained as worker or as boss.
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Image: Anton Moller, 17th Century
Source: Ecclesiastes 2:9-11
Text: David Alexander, 2022 CC BY-SA NC 4.0
Tune: F. J. Haydn, 1732-1809
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2014/Score/IAmYourLittleOne-Haydn.pdf
Audio: www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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