But how many wretches, without
house or home,
Are wandering naked and pale;
Oblig'd on the snow-covered
common to roam,
And pierc'd by the pitiless gale!
No house for their shelter, no vict-
uals to eat,
No beds for their limbs to re-
pose:
But how many wretches, without
house or home,
Are wandering naked and pale;
Oblig'd on the snow-covered
common to roam,
And pierc'd by the pitiless gale!
No house for their shelter, no vict-
uals to eat,
No beds for their limbs to re-
pose: