ng, what honest triumph flush'd my breast,
This truth once known,--To bless, is to be blest!
I led the bending beggar on his way;
(Bare were his feet, his tresses silver-grey;)
Soothed the keen pangs his aged spirit felt,
And on his tale with mute attention dwelt.
As in his script I dropp'd my little store,
I griev'd to think that little was no more;
He breath'd his pray'r,--"Long may such goodness live!"
'Twas all he gave, 'twas all he had to give.

THE LITTLE MOUSE.

[Illustration]

In this neat little house
Liv'd a poor little mouse,
He had plenty to eat every day;
Till, enticed by another,
Without leave of his mother,
He ventured one day out to play.

But the cat he soon spied,
As he walk'd the bank-side,
And soon of his folly repented.
She put out her paw,
Seized him with her claw,
And eat him before she relented.

LOVE TO GOD
PRODUCES LOVE TO MEN.

[Illustration]

Let gratitude in acts of goodness flow;
Our love to God, in love to man below.
Be this our joy--to calm the troubled breast,
Support the weak, and succour the distrest;
Direct the wand'rer, dry the widow's tear;
The orphan guard, the sinking spirits cheer.
Tho' small our pow'r to act, tho' mean our skill,
God sees the heart;--he judges by the will.

TRUE KINDNESS.

[Illustration]

"Pray help me, young master," an old woman cried,
Who many an effort successlessly tried,
Across some rough pavement to go;
"For I'm very lame, and besides, almost blind,
And so, without danger, my way I can't find;
You'll help a poor woman, I know."

"With great pleasure I will," the little boy said,
"Come, lean on my shoulder, and be not afraid,
I'm able to help you, indeed;
And I'm sure I am willing, for I have been taught,
That if, my good dame, I would do as I ought,
I must help all I can, who're in need."

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