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What is this life if, full of care
We have no time to stand and stare
 
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep and cows
 
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass
 
No time to see in broad daylight
streams full of stars, like skies at night
 
No time to turn at beauty's glance
And watch her feet, how they can dance
 
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began
 
A poor life if, full of care
We have no time to stand and stare
 
William Henry Davies, 1871-1940
Gefunden in einem Pub in Wokingham, England