Where ere thou hast been
Here or in yon world manifest?
Canst thou tell what is
Or what was or what is to come?
Nothing shall last
And there are things
That shall never change
History is written in blood
Yet are battles really lost
On the battlefields?
Canst thou tell me whence thou comest
And where thou goest?
And what is or what was
Or what is to come?
For everything remains as it never was