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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.
He believed that he was born, not for himself, but for the whole
world.
[Lat., Nec sibi sed read more
He believed that he was born, not for himself, but for the whole
world.
[Lat., Nec sibi sed toti genitum se credere mundo.]
Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.
Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.
To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.
He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,
And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,
And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
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.
His house was known to all the vagrant train,
He chid their wanderings but reliev'd their pain;
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His house was known to all the vagrant train,
He chid their wanderings but reliev'd their pain;
The long remembered beggar was his guest,
Whose beard descending swept his aged breast.
Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.
Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.
