Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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IS THERE AN UNBELIEVER?
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Is there an unbeliever!One man who walks the earth,
And madly doubts that providence
Watch'd o'er him at his birth?
He robs mankind for ever
Of hope beyond the tomb;
What gives he as a recompense?—
The brute's unhallow'd doom!
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In manhood's loftiest hour,In health, and strength, and pride,
Oh! lead his steps through alleys green,
Where rills 'mid cowslips glide.
Climb nature's granite tower,
Where man hath rarely trod;
And will he then, in such a scene,
Deny there is a God?
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Yes,—the proud heart will everPrompt the false tongue's reply!
An Omnipotent providence
Still madly he'll deny.
But see the unbeliever
Sinking in death's decay;
And hear the cry of penitence!
He never learnt to pray!
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