Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE NEEDY, by ALICE FERRIN HENSEY


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THE NEEDY, by                    
First Line: I have more food than I can eat
Last Line: Cries of the needy rise again.
Subject(s): Hunger; Poverty


I have more food than I can eat—
They faint with hunger in the street.

I have more clothes than I can wear—
Their heads, and hands, and feet are bare.

My walls are thick, and warm, and dry—
Their walls are rain, and wind, and sky.

My heart knows love of noble souls—
Their hearts are hungry, thirsty bowls.

These things let me remember when
Cries of the needy rise again.





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