Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHARITY, by LUELLA J. CASE


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CHARITY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Speak kindly, oh speak soothingly
Last Line: A sadder on the mind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bartlett, Luella
Subject(s): Kindness


SPEAK kindly, oh speak soothingly
To him whose hopes are crossed,
Whose blessed trust in human love
Was early, early lost;
For wearily -- how wearily!
Drags life, if love depart;
Oh! let the balm of gentle words
Fall on the smitten heart!

Go gladly, with true sympathy,
Where want's pale victims pine,
And bid life's sweetest smiles again
Along their pathway shine.
Oh, heavily doth poverty
Man's nobler instincts bind;
Yet sever not that chain, to cast
A sadder on the mind.





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