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He said, "I have travelled a wearisome way;
  From Cherith to-day I have hied;
I have passed by no fountain my thirst to allay,
Then fetch me a draught of cold water, I pray,
  Lest I perish with thirst at thy side."

She turned, and again to the woman he spoke,
  "A stranger am I in the land,
And since in compassion my thirst thou wilt slake,
Remember I also am hunger'd, and take
  A morsel of bread in thy hand."

She answered, "As liveth thy Maker and Lord,
  No bread for thy hunger have I;
Of oil but a little my cruise can afford,
But an handful of meal in my barrel is stor'd,
  And from none can I ask a supply.

"For fuel to dress this small portion, to-day,
  To the gates of the city I hie,
And now with these sticks I return on my way,
That my son and myself may our hunger allay,
  Then calmly resign us to die."