I'll post the first stanza:
Life is a leaf of white paper Whereon each one of us may write His word or two; and then comes night.
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C. Life does not give us much time to make our mark on the world.
This I believe best summarizes the first stanza.
Just like in our daily lives, we have so many things to do but so little time.
Answer:
false, but i dont have an explanation sorry
Artifacts, drawings in caves, and visited with primitive tribes still in existence