Limerick: “God in the Quad”—a précis of Berkeley

There once was a man who said, “God

Must think it exceedingly odd

If He finds that this tree

Continues to be

When there’s no one about in the Quad.”

 

“Dear Sir:

    Your astonishment’s odd:

I am always about in the Quad

And that’s why the tree

Will continue to be,

Since observed by,

Yours faithfully,

God.”