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In misery's darkest caverns known,
His useful care was ever nigh,
Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan,
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In misery's darkest caverns known,
His useful care was ever nigh,
Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan,
And lonely want retir'd to die.
Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.
Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.
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.
In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight,
And poverty stood smiling in my sight.
In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight,
And poverty stood smiling in my sight.
Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this
virtue.
Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this
virtue.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.
Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.
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.]
