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ON CHARITY.
O lovely spirit, heaven-born Charity!
Luxury of feeling to the tender mind;
Sister of peace and sweet humanity,
Thou dearest pleasure that the virtuous find.
Luxury of feeling to the tender mind;
Sister of peace and sweet humanity,
Thou dearest pleasure that the virtuous find.
They best can prove how happiest to live,
Who to enjoy thee from gay pleasure steal;
They know how blest the hand empower'd to give,
How blest the heart that has the power to feel.
Who to enjoy thee from gay pleasure steal;
They know how blest the hand empower'd to give,
How blest the heart that has the power to feel.
