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Paul Laurence Dunbar - Religion
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I AM no priest of crooks nor creeds,
For human wants and human needs
Are more to me than prophets` deeds;
And human tears and human cares
Affect me more than human prayers.
Go, cease your wail, lugubrious saint!
You fret high Heaven with your plaint.
Is this the "Christian`s joy" you paint?
Is this the Christian`s boasted bliss?
Avails your faith no more than this?
Take up your arms, come out with me,
Let Heav`n alone; humanity
Needs more and Heaven less from thee.
With pity for mankind look `round;
Help them to rise — and Heaven is found.
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