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should the man who journeyed west

brave the voyage toward the east

leave behind him all the rest

whose traveling had ceased

or is it better that he stay

to build on what he founded

mark the calendar away

forsake the world unbounded

never had it e'er occured

to walk the road due north

sever ties which once had stirred

and leave them all henceforth

yet for every parallel

every cardinal direction

was a home in which to dwell

awaiting his selection

passerbys and passerthroughs

strangers, though prospective friends

if it happened he should choose

their town to meet his ends

there and by, by and there

for one so great he felt so small

if he could not live everywhere

he'd rather not live at all