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PRAY REMEMBER THE POOR by CHRISTOPHER SMART

Poet Analysis

First Line: I JUST CAME BY THE PRISON DOOR
Last Line: AS CHARITABLY GREAT AS HE.
Subject(s): CHARITY; POVERTY; PRAYER; PHILANTHROPY;
I JUST came by the prison door,
I gave a penny to the poor:
Papa did this good act approve,
And poor Mamma cried out for love.

Whene'er the poor comes to my gate,
Relief I will communicate;
And tell my sire his sons shall be
As charitably great as he.



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