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: Ahmed Zaki Yamani was a Saudi Arabian politician who was Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources from 1962 to 1986, and a minister in OPEC for 25 years.
