TWO LIVES.

“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.”

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.”

One from a harlot's side

Arose at morn;

One cursing God had died

That night forlorn.