The Poetry Corner

Two Lives.

By Madison Julius Cawein

1 "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." 2 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." 3 One from a harlot's side Arose at morn; One cursing God had died That night forlorn.