Out of Stock
Overview
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: VII. I was an infant when my mother went To see an atheist burned. She took me there; The dark-robed priests were met around the pile; The multitude was gazing silently: And as the culprit passed with dauntless mien, Tempered disdain, in his unaltering eye, Mixed with a quiet smile, shone calmly forth: The thirsty fire crept round his manly limbs: His resolute eyes were s'corched to blindness soon; His death-pang rent my heart the insensate mob Uttered a cry of triumph, and 1 wept. Weep not, child cried my mother, for that man Has said, there is no God. FAIRY. There is no God Nature confirms the faith his death-groan sealed: Let heaven and earth, let man's revolving race, His ceaseless generations tell their tale; Let every part depending on the chain That links it to the whole, point to the hand That grasps its term let every seed that falls In silent eloquence unfold its store Of argument; infinity within, t Infinity without, belie creation; The exterminable spirit it contains Is nature's only God; but human pride Is skilful to invent most serious names To hide its ignorance. The name of God Has fenced about all crime with holiness, Himself the creature of his worshippers, Whose names, and attributes, and passions change, Seeva, Buddh, Foh, Jehovah, God, or Lord, Even with the human dupes who build his shrines. Still serving o'er the war-polluted world For desolation's watch-word; whether hosts Stain his death-blushing chariot-wheels, as on Triumphantly they roll, whilst Brahmins raise A sacred hymn to mingle with the groans; Or countless partners of his power divide His tyranny to weakness; or the smoke Of burning towns, the cries of female helplessness, Unarmed old age, and youth, and infancy, Ho...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217039789 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0217039782 |
| Weight | 0.40 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.27 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 114 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
