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ON DOING GOOD.
Who thinks that with gold only he can doReal good is half a fool—alas! what would
Be then the lot of all the poor: the good
And suffering spirits, left too oft to rue
The tender mercies of the rich?—the true
Well-doers are not those who really should
Do most for their poor brethren, and who could,
If God had planned this fair world so that through
Wealth only its chief blessings could be won;
The poor are the well-doers: they still aid
Each other feelingly, without parade,
Nor make an insult of the good thus done.
The beggar gives the penny he has laid
By for himself—godlike, as God alone!
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