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 sea.
Bio: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger Halsted was an American writer who worked as a newspaper editor, and in public relations. She was the daughter of the U.S. President Franklin D.
