WEALTH vs VIRTUE
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You gaze on her features. Deceiver—
Is stamped plainly there on her face,—
Yet how eager are all to receive her—
How quick to share with her their place!
Is stamped plainly there on her face,—
Yet how eager are all to receive her—
How quick to share with her their place!
Go e'en on the street in your sorrow—
The wealthy and grand pass you by
In comfort, No trouble they borrow,
They see not the tear in your eye.
The wealthy and grand pass you by
In comfort, No trouble they borrow,
They see not the tear in your eye.
Were you dressed in fine raiment so neatly,
Your friendship would surely be theirs;
But now you are ignored completely,
They heed not your pleadings or prayers.
Your friendship would surely be theirs;
But now you are ignored completely,
They heed not your pleadings or prayers.
Often Riches will seek only Wealth's favored lot
While Virtue seeks Virtue, abroad—
Or in humble seclusion—In palace or cot,
Knowing all are the children of God.
While Virtue seeks Virtue, abroad—
Or in humble seclusion—In palace or cot,
Knowing all are the children of God.
Down the turbulent River of Life, ever move
Misfortunes sad waifs, far from shore;
Whose struggles avail not.—Then doth it behoove
Us to cast the Life Line to the poor.
Misfortunes sad waifs, far from shore;
Whose struggles avail not.—Then doth it behoove
Us to cast the Life Line to the poor.
