Pray remember the Poor

←XXXVI. At Undressing in the Evening

Hymn XXXVII. Pray remember the Poor  (1771)  by Christopher Smart

XXXVIII. Plenteous Redemption→

From the Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1771).

HYMN XXXVII. Pray Remember the POOR. I just came by the prison door, I gave a penny to the poor: Papa did this good act approve, And poor Mamma cry'd out for Love. 5 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. 1771

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