He shall have chariots easier than air,
That I will have invented; . . . And thyself,
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He shall have chariots easier than air,
That I will have invented; . . . And thyself,
That art the messenger, shalt ride before him
On a horse cut out of an entire diamond.
That shall be made to go with golden wheels,
I know not how yet.

Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer's cloud
Without our special wonder?

Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer's cloud
Without our special wonder?

I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.

I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.

For seldom shall she hear a tale
So said, so tender, yet so true.

For seldom shall she hear a tale
So said, so tender, yet so true.

Long stood the noble youth oppress'd with awe,
And stupid at the wondrous things he saw,
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Long stood the noble youth oppress'd with awe,
And stupid at the wondrous things he saw,
Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law.

There's something in a flying horse,
There's something in a huge balloon.

There's something in a flying horse,
There's something in a huge balloon.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.

Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.

If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.

If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.