Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 236
—With quivering hand and soul,— Please send to me, Christ! three copecks,To purchase for Leeze a rollT Then, rushed to a church, his missiveTo drop,—ere the vesper psalms,— As the surest mail bound Christward,—In the unlocked Box for Alms ! But not without Leeze? No, surely,We 11 have a rare party… … While he stood upon tiptoe to reach it,One passed from the priestly band, And with smile like a benedictionTook the note from his eager hand. Having read it, the good mans bosomGrew warm with a holy joy : Ah ! Christ may have heard you already,Will you come to my house, my boy? And the next Lords…
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