for
the hands of the old man, whose silver locks gleam like a halo
round the wrinkled brow:

The Goddess--the good Goddess of Poverty!

IX.

It is she who inspires the poet; who makes the flute, guitar, and
violin eloquent under the fingers of the wandering and homeless
artist: it is she who bears him upon her light wing from the
source of the Moldau to that of the Danube; it is she who
crowns his dark locks with the glittering dewdrops, who makes
the sparkling stars shine so large and clear upon his uncertain
path:

The Goddess--the good Goddess of Poverty!

X.

It is she who instructs the ingenious artisan, who teaches him to
hew the stone, to chisel the marble, to mould gold, silver,
copper, and iron; it is she who, under the fingers of the aged
mother and the rose-cheeked daughter, makes the flax fine and
elastic as the golden tresses of the maiden:

The Goddess--the good Goddess of Poverty!

XI.

It is she who supports the tottering hut when shaken by the winter
storms; it is she who saves the resin of the torch and the oil
of the lamp; it is she who kneads the bread of the family, who
weaves the winter wool and summer flax; it is she who nourishes
and feeds the world: The Goddess--the good Goddess of Poverty!

XII.

It is she who builds the mighty castles and the vast cathedrals,
who bears the sword and handles the musket; it is she who
fights our battles and gains our victories; it is she who
buries the dead, who takes care of the wounded, and who
conceals the vanquished:

The Goddess--the good Goddess of Poverty!

XIII.

Thou art all patience, all sweetness, all strength, and all pity, O
thou good Goddess! It is thou who linkest all thy children in
the ties of a holy love, and who givest to them Faith, Hope,
and Charity:

O Goddess--thou good Goddess of Poverty!

XIV.

The time is coming when thy children shall no longer be crushed
with the weight of the world, when they shall be rewarded for
their pain and labor. The time is approaching when there shall
be no longer rich and poor, when all men shall together consume
the fruits of the earth, and equally