Listen, Learn, Read On

In ages past when spells were cast
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 In a time of men in steel
 Where a man was taught no special thing
 It was all done by feel
 So listen,
 so learn,
 so read on
 You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn
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 Hear the song of lovely Joan
 Her sound so sweet and clear
 In the courtroom of the King
 Among children and the peers
 So listen,
 so learn,
 so read on
 You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn
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 "Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn
 on the foaming beach of the ocean
 in the day of trouble
 I shall be of more service to thee
 than three hundred Salmon..."
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 The hare he bounds across the page
 Past castles white and fair
 Two dreaming chessmen on their boards
 With a fool's mate as a snare
 So listen,
 so learn,
 so read on
 You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn
 So listen,
 so learn,
 so read on
 You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn
 "Three times I have been born
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 I know this from meditation..."
 The bird he flies the distance
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 From pages two to six
 Past minstrels in their boxes
 To the waters of the Styx
 So listen,
 so learn,
 so read on
 You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn
 Don't take the pictures lightly
 Listen to their sound
 For from their coloured feeling
 Experience is found
 So listen,
 so learn,
 so read on
 You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn
 "All the sciences of the world are collected in my breast
 for I know what has been,
 what is now
 and what hereafter will occur..."