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ye God had e*er created
 * Flowers that bloom, and birds that sing,

If cheerfulness was what he hated?:
 * Don't believe in such a thing.

Think the sun would shine so brightly,
 * Azure vault and stars be seen—

Would soft zephyrs dance so lightly,
 * Through the meads and forest green?

Think ye there is sin in gladness,
 * That this world was made for grief,

And all mankind condemned to sadness?
 * What has taught you such belief?

Not the blessings that surround you,
 * Not the mercies you have known,

If dread and gloomy fear hath bound you,
 * Be sure the fault is all your own.

are the rocks on which our mental vessels split in the great voyage of inquiry after truth!