I’VE listed the inventions
Since ages far away,
And noted the discoveries
Down to the present day.
One little thing I’ve noticed,
Thus far, of every one.
It’s really very simple
--When you see how it is done.
Somebody finds a secret
That no one else has seen,
Harnesses laws familiar,
And makes a new machine.
There’s not a task among them
Requiring so much wit,
But that I could have done it
--Had I but thought of it.