Sun that givest all things birth
Shine on everything on earth!
If that’s too much to demand
Shine at least on this our land!
If even that’s too much for thee
Shine at any rate on me.
(Piet Hein)
More Poetry from Piet Hein:
- A Psychological Tip (Piet Hein Poems)
- An Ethical Grook (Piet Hein Poems)
- Time and Eternity (Piet Hein Poems)
- Two Passivists (Piet Hein Poems)
- Pedagogical Grook (Piet Hein Poems)
- Rhyme and Reason (Piet Hein Poems)