THE LIFE of man <br />Is an arrow’s flight, <br />Out of darkness <br />Into light, <br />And out of light <br />Into darkness again; <br />Perhaps to pleasure, <br />Perhaps to pain! <br /> <br />There must be Something, <br />Above, or below; <br />Somewhere unseen <br />A mighty Bow, <br />A Hand that tires not, <br />A sleepless Eye <br />That sees the arrows <br />Fly, and fly; <br />One who knows <br />Why we live—and die.<br /><br />Richard Henry Stoddard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-flight-of-the-arrow/
