As for immortal life, I must confess,
Science hath never, never answered "yes."
Indeed all psycho-physical sciences show,
If we'd be logical, we must answer no!
Man cannot recollect before being born,
And hence his future life must be "in a horn."
There must be _parte ante_, if there's a _parte post_,
And logic thus demolishes every future ghost.
Upon this subject the voice of science
Has ne'er been ought but stern defiance.
Mythology and magic belong to "_limbus fatuorum_"
If fools believe them, we scientists deplore 'em
But, nevertheless, the immortal can't be lost,
For every atom has its bright eternal ghost.