How strange a thing it was, and yet

How much more strange if he could hold it!

A little judge once said to me,

“Behold, my friend, I caused these laws!”

But I knew One who, strange to say,

Had been the Causer of this Cause.

See fathoms deep, midst gold and gems,

Life sits and weeps on ocean’s floor;

But though on land no treasure is,

Life laughs and stands. I’ll stay on shore.