There were planets and moon and sun,
And one was the globe we tread."
Then the Spirit that Nullifies,
Men term Death, asked: "How long?" (One fears
God shrugged.) "While I blink my eyes—
Shall we say a billion years?"
* * * * *
The youth on the fable broke,
And scorn in his accents ran:
"What is all this to me? I spoke