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THE MYSTERY 

MARCUS GARVEY

All life is mystery to man
Who speculates the cause,
His final clue is God alone
Who made and holds the laws.
From Africa to Ancient Greece
The light of knowledge flew,
But up to now the truths revealed
Go back to what man knew.

There is a God above all things
His wisdom is complete,
As ages come and ages go
To leave us at His feet.
Eternity will ever be
The gauge of finite man,
For life to him is just a song
In passing with the clan.

We come to live, then go again,
And still some more are we,
As Nature blends in every form
Beyond the land and sea.
We're ever looking on before
To see life's moving train,
And as we go we leave behind
The same old human pain.

1935