Classic Poem

If God there be, then is thy god the King,
King of the Kingdom of the visible earth,
The realm whereof the entrance gate is birth,
And death the exit and enfranchising;
And if He be not, still the tribute bring,
Although He be not, lest perchance He be,
Above the heaven, or beneath the sea,
Some dim, divine, almighty, jealous Thing.

Therefore to Him who plenty gives or dearth
Remit the tribute due, entire and whole,
Withholding naught and naught surrendering,
Not less, nor more than just the bounden dole,
Not less, for He is Lord of all thy earth:
Not more, for thou art lord of thine own soul.