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Two Lives.

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1     "There is no God," one said,         And love is lust;     When I am dead I'm dead,         And all is dust.     "Be merry while you can         Before you're gray;     With some wild courtesan         Drink care away."     2     One said, "A God there is,         And God is love;     Death is not death, but bliss,         And life above.     "Above all flesh is mind;         And faith and truth     God's gifts to poor mankind         That make life youth."     3     One from a harlot's side      Arose at morn;     One cursing God had died      That night forlorn.

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