And own'd the sum: they did not ask for more,

Till more was needed; when they call'd for aid—

And had it?—No, their agent was afraid;

"Could he but know to whom he should refund,

He would most gladly—nay, he'd go beyond;

But, when such numbers claim'd, when some were gone,

And others going—he must hold it on;

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The Lord would help them,"—Loud their anger grew,

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