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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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HYMNS ON THE FOUR GOSPELS, AND ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

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1454.

[The dogs some small relief afford]

Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. —xvi. 21.

The dogs some small relief afford,
Kinder than their hard-hearted lord;
The wretch he passes by,

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Sufficient that his beasts he feeds,
He slights his fellow-creature's needs,
And lets the beggar die.