| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1493. Beggars |
| | | By Ella Higginson |
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| CHILD with the hungry eyes, | |
| The pallid mouth and brow, | |
| And the lifted, asking hands, | |
| I am more starved than thou. | |
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| I beg not on the street; | 5 |
| But where the sinner stands, | |
| In secret place, I beg | |
| Of God, with outstretched hands. | |
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| As thou hast asked of me, | |
| Raising thy downcast head, | 10 |
| So have I asked of Him, | |
| So trembling, have I plead. | |
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| Take this and go thy way; | |
| Thy hunger shall soon cease. | |
| Thou prayest but for bread, | 15 |
| And I, alas! for peace. | |
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