I like this poem. It's very simple, but it's got me thinking.
"The Garden of Prosperine
by
Algernon Charles Swinburne (excerpt)
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever;
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to
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