Some call thee "the worst cause of War," but I

Maintain thou art the best:—for after all,

From thee we come, to thee we go, and why

To get at thee not batter down a wall,

Or waste a World? since no one can deny

Thou dost replenish worlds both great and small:

With—or without thee—all things at a stand[JL]Are, or would be, thou sea of Life's dry land![JM]