TRUE KINDNESS.
“Pray help me, young master,” an old woman cried,
Who many an effort successlessly tried,
Across some rough pavement to go;
“For I’m very lame, and besides, almost blind,
And so, without danger, my way I can’t find;
You’ll help a poor woman, I know.”
“With great pleasure I will,” the little boy said,
“Come, lean on my shoulder, and be not afraid,
I’m able to help you, indeed;
And I’m sure I am willing, for I have been taught,
That if, my good dame, I would do as I ought,
I must help all I can, who’re in need.”