By Heavens

"A man saw a ball of gold in the sky; He climbed for it,
And eventually he achieved it– It was clay.

Now this is the strange part: When the man went to the earth
And looked again, Lo, there was a ball of gold.

Now this is the strange part: It was a ball of gold.
Aye, by the heavens, it was a ball of gold."

~ Stephen Crane