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: Ignacy Domeyko or Domejko, pseudonym: Żegota was a Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator. Domeyko spent most of his life, and died, in his adopted country, Chile.
