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 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. 
He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.
He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.
 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,
 Heaven did a recompense as largely send;
  He gave read more 
 Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,
 Heaven did a recompense as largely send;
  He gave to misery (all he had) a tear,
   He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. 
Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.
Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.
 Alas! for the rarity
 Of Christian charity
  Under the sun.
   Oh! it was pitiful!
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 Alas! for the rarity
 Of Christian charity
  Under the sun.
   Oh! it was pitiful!
    Near a whole city full,
     Home had she none. 
Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.
Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.
 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. 
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by 
interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was read more 
 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by 
interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good 
works and almsdeeds which she did.