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PRETENSE, by                    
First Line: There is no atheism. Men avow
Last Line: And love itself is partially a prayer.
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


There is no atheism. Men avow
A disbelief their hearts can never feel.
Faith in a God was planted on the brow
Of Adam in the Garden, and the heel
Of ruthless evolution cannot grind
The thought of Him from out the creature's mind.
He is a part of all our woe and weal.
Despite his boast of self-sufficiency
Man feels within his soul an urge to bow
Before the Godhood and, instinctively,
He turns him to his Maker. Hopes and fears
Bespeak his limitations. Smiles and tears
The Father's silent testimony bear
And love itself is partially a prayer.





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