Book of Jeremiah/the %E2%80%9Cconfessions%E2%80%9D of Jeremiah

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“Heav’n from all creatures, hides the book of Fate,
All but the page prescrib’d, their present state:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

“I haven’t read one book about
A book or memorized one plot,
Or found a mind I did not doubt,
I learned one date. And then forgot.
And one by one the solid scholars
Get the degrees, the jobs, the dollars.”
—William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)

“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid.”
—Bible: Jeremiah 2:12.