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'God' is composed of letters three, But if you put an 'l' Before the last it seems to me A synonym for Hell. For all of envy, greed and hate The human heart can hold Respond unto the devil's bait Of Gold. When God created Gold to be For our adorning fit, I little think he dreamed that we Would come to worship it. But when you ruefully have scanned The chronicles of Time, You'll find that lucre lends a hand To Crime. So if you are a millionaire, To be of Heaven sure, Give every penny you can spare Unto the sick and poor. From Gold strike out the evil 'ell,' And so with letters odd You can with peace of spirit spell Just GOD.