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.

To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.

He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.

Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.

Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.

To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
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To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]

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.

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.

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.