Charity sees the need not the cause.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.

Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.

Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.

Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.

They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]

They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

I will be correspondent to command.

I will be correspondent to command.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.