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"The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God." Psalm xiv.

"No God! no God!" The simplest flower That on the wild is found, Shrinks as it drinks its cup of dew, And trembles at the sound. "No God!" astonished echo cries From out her cavern hoar, And every wandering bird that flies Reproves the atheist-lore.

The solemn forest lifts its head, The Almighty to proclaim, The brooklet, on its crystal urn, Doth leap to grave his name: High swells the deep and vengeful sea Along his billowy track, And red Vesuvius opes his mouth, To hurl the falsehood back.

The palm-tree, with its princely crest, The cocoa's leafy shade, The bread-fruit, bending to its lord, In yon far island-glade; The winged seeds that, borne by winds, The roving sparrows feed, The melon on the desert-sands, Confute the scorner's creed.