“There is no God,” the wicked saith,
“And truly it’s a blessing,
For what He might have done with us
It’s better only guessing.”

There is No God, the Wicked Sayeth http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/C/CloughArthurHugh/verse/misc/wickedsayeth.html, st. 1 (1862).

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