True that the poetry of the earth is never dead br br The grasshopper and the cricket testify that br br But another great war will take place br br It will a nuclear one I am sure br br That will be the end of grasshopper and cricket br br That will be the end of the poetry of earth br br Presently with another great war br br our dear earth will turn into a piece of charcoal in a moment br br to dissolve in the space br br Thank you Herr Einstein br br Thank you Oppenheimer br br Thank you Gamow br br Thanks to the disinterested curiosity of science br br To me the meanest flower that blows br br tells me what man has made of the earthbr br Dr.