Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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POVERTY. |
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POVERTY.
Talk not of Rich or poor; for in the EyeOf God, all, all are equal; there is none
So poor, but can find words to call upon
Him, and to say with meek Sublimity,
«Our Father which art in Heaven,» for 'tis by
That name He loves best to be called; and on
This Earth, which he has blessed for all, no one
Is poor who feels in its whole Force, the high
And Divine Solace of that noblest Prayer!
The poorest wretch may call him Father, more
The richest cannot do; and those who are
The most in need of him, the Heart made sore
By Grief, the Childless, Fatherless, who bear
His Cross in Meekness, feel its sublime Lore
The most, and by their very Poverty
Inherit all the Treasures of the Sky!
And what, tho' seemingboundless, is Earths' Store,
Compared with Heaven's; from whose Treasury,
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All Riches summed in one; the Power to live
With Heart as serene as there up on high,
Some bright Star, shining still and holily!
He, He alone is poor! who never felt
That Prayer, nor to God as his Father knelt!
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