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CHARITY.
Came two young children to their mother’s shelf (One was quite little, and the other big), And each in freedom calmly helped himself. (One was a pig.) The food was free and plenty for them both, But one was rather dull and very small; So the big smarter brother, nothing loath, He took it all. At which the little fellow raised a yell Which tired the other’s more æsthetic ears; He gave him here a crust, and there a shell To stop his tears. He gave with pride, in manner calm and bland, Finding the other’s hunger a delight; He gave with piety—his full left hand Hid from his right. He gave and gave—O blessed Charity! How sweet and beautiful a thing it is! How fine to see that big boy giving free What is not his!
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