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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