Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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CHARITY.
There are two Kinds of Charity: the oneLess Child of Tenderness than Vanity,
Stretching its Hand out ostentatiously
In the World's Eye, lest it should not be known
Or duly trumpeted: less with its own
Still, inward Approbation pleased than by
Vain Tokens waiting on it outwardly;
The other is of divine Birth, alone
Seeking the Object's Good not its own Praise:
Yea! caring not tho' its best motives be
Unknown or misinterpreted, for he
Whose Act rewards itself already has
All that he sought, Bliss perfect inwardly,
Profaned and lessened by the vulgar Gaze!
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