Heathen Fables in Christian Verse

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE LAME HELPED BY THE BLIND; Ok, SUFFERING SOOTHED BY SYMPATHY. A Blind Man, all forlorn and poor, His stick his only guide, Once stray'd upon a lonely moor, Both perilous and wide. ii. Aware of unseen danger near, He made a sudden pause; Then groped about, with nervous fear, To ascertain the cause. By...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE LAME HELPED BY THE BLIND; Ok, SUFFERING SOOTHED BY SYMPATHY. A Blind Man, all forlorn and poor, His stick his only guide, Once stray'd upon a lonely moor, Both perilous and wide. ii. Aware of unseen danger near, He made a sudden pause; Then groped about, with nervous fear, To ascertain the cause. By chance an old and Crippled Man, His limbs dragg'd slowly by; The Blind Man, hearing him, began, With sad and doleful cry, ? Kind friend, compassionate my need, For I have lost my way; Give me your guiding hand to lead, Lest I should farther stray. . v. Alas cries he, what can I do, With such a crippled frame ? You would not ask me if you knew That both my feet are lame. VL But if you 'll take me on your back, So firmly built and strong, Together we may keep the track, And safely go along. Then you shall be to me as feet, And I will be your eyes; Each to the other a help-meet, Two faithful, true allies. VIII. With all my heart, the Blind Man cries, Our fortunes let us blend; It will be politic and wise Each other to befriend. When dangers threaten, you shall warn, And guide my feet aright; While I will help you, in return, With my superior might. By means of this, though I am blind, I need not fear to stray; And safe and pleasant both will find The dark and toilsome way. My reader, round another's grief Thy sympathies entwine; To those who suffer give relief, And make their sorrows thine. The kind compassion you bestow Its own reward will bring; For while you soothe another's woe, Your own will lose its sting. THE SPIDER AND THE BEE; Or, LOOK NOT ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE. It chanced a Spider and a Bee Once settled on the self-same tree, A...