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SONNET.
“Show me a miracle,” the Atheist said,“And I'll believe!” Does he not truly see
A miracle appear in every tree,
When by the sap the budding leaves are fed;
Or when by spring the teeming fields are spread
With vernal flowers? Or can the abject plea,
That places law o'er God, avail? In me
A constant, never failing trust is bred,
Not by their violation, but by laws
'Neath which all Nature moves. Should the laws fail,
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Might then the Christian creed unawed assail,
And give blind Chance the credit, without pause;
But not while Power and Harmony prevail.
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