if all the world's..

if all the world's story, i was to hear,

Would it make me shed a tear?

Or share its joy over tar roads and grass,

Are the stories fit to be passed?

if all the world's tale, should pass by my eyes,

Would i react in surprise?

Would i cry out at all the blood,

That men have caused to come in floods?

if all the world's flavours, i was offered to taste,

Would i spit it out in haste?

Or would i store it in a pickle jar?

To give to all from near and far?

if all the world's goodness i was made to feel,

Would i faint with that glorious deal?

Or would i feel sadly in lack?

is there more that is still held back?

if all the world's deeds are to be judged,

Would the world stand without a smudge?

Or would men turn to dust at the stand,

Do we know what is waiting in the end?