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GOD PITY THE POOR by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: GOD PITY THE POOR!' I CRY
Last Line: BUT HOW AM I PITYING THEM?
Subject(s): POVERTY;
"God pity the poor!" I cry,
And I feel a virtuous glow:
Not many so tender as I
To the weight of the sad world's woe.

"God pity the poor!" I shout,
And draw back my garment's hem.
God pities the poor, no doubt;
But how am I pitying them?



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