Thy soothing[190] hand may press.

2. Thy neighbor? ’Tis the fainting poor,

Whose eye with want is dim,

Whom hunger sends from door to door—

Go thou, and succor[191] him.

3. Thy neighbor? ’Tis that weary[192] man,

Whose years are at their brim,

Bent low with sickness, cares and pain—

Go thou, and comfort him.

4. Thy neighbor? ’Tis the heart bereft[193]