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I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Careless their merits or their faults to scan,
His pity gave ere charity began.
Careless their merits or their faults to scan,
His pity gave ere charity began.
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,
Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,
Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.
Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to read more
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a read more
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
It never was our guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.
It never was our guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.
