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SONGS TO AN UNBELIEVER, by                    
First Line: There is no god, in heaven or earth or sea
Last Line: Himself is god.
Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed


MIRACLES

There is no God, in heaven or earth or sea.
"Yet came a little son, to comfort me!"
If he turn evil . . . as the years unroll . . .
"The God within his heart shall save his soul!"

ANY MOTHER OF ANY SON

Within his breast the greatest force on earth
Now beats and surges
Must he give way to sorrow or to mirth
Because it urges?

Will he lay by for fleeting swift embrace
Before his hour?
Or will he run the race with steadfast face,
Unslackened power?

There is no God, you say, to give him praise
At the Great Goal,
No Guide to warn him of the devious ways,
And save his soul.

No God. So be it then. When I am laid
Beneath the sod,
My heart for him shall rest there unafraid;
Himself is God.





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