A Man Saw a Ball of Gold

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 the 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