CHRIST was of virgin birth, and, being slain,
The creedists say, He rose from death again.
Oh, futile age-long talk of death and birth! —
His life, that is the one thing wonder-worth;
Not how He came, but how He lived on earth.
For if gods stoop, and with quaint jugglery
Mock nature’s laws, how shall that profit thee? —
The nobler lesson is that mortals can
Grow godlike through this baffled front of man!
(Donald Marquis)
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