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: Shaker al-Absi was a veteran Palestinian guerrilla and Fatah al-Islam's leader. On December 10, 2008 Fatah al-Islam announced that al-Absi was believed to have been killed by Lebanese security forces.
