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Yet the mansion and the hovel are not far apart;
Under rags or satin beats the human heart;
And the child, on floor or carpet, hopes, desires, and fears;
And the rich lass than the poorest hath no pearlier tears.
Under rags or satin beats the human heart;
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And the rich lass than the poorest hath no pearlier tears.
Tell your children that God made them brethren, sisters, all,
Born in even a manger or baronial hall;
Teach them what the Poor Man taught the rich long time ago,
How all of us are God's children, be we ne'er so low.
Born in even a manger or baronial hall;
Teach them what the Poor Man taught the rich long time ago,
How all of us are God's children, be we ne'er so low.
Little children! learn the lesson: wheresoe'er you be,
Love and loving help each other, truly, tenderly.
Love and loving help each other, truly, tenderly.
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