I rise from the river
I rise from the city
With pity, I leave my cause behind
I walk through the forest
I know I am safe
The city won't try to find me now
I meet the transients
They tell me their history
They're geniuses
But live their lives in secrecy
They tell me they keep their books
They keep them in their minds
So when the time comes
They will reintroduce these book to the world

I am Plato's Republic
And this is Marcus Aurelius
Gulliver's Travels and Albert Schweitzer
Aristophanes and Mahatma Gandhi

Gautama Buddha and Confucius
Thomas Love Peacock and Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Abraham Lincoln
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and Jesus