And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky,
Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die,
Lift not thy hands to It for help --for It
Rolls impotently on as Thou or I.
Source: The Rub?iy?t of Omar Khayy?m, st. 52, tr. by Edward FitzGerald, first ed., 1859.
-- Omar Khayyam, (May 18 1048-1131), Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer; He was renowned in his own country and time for his scientific achievements.