Not more did Joseph o'er his brethren weep,

Nor less himself could from discovery keep,

When in the crowd of suppliants they were seen,

And in their crew his best-loved Benjamin.

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That pious Joseph in the church behold, }

To feed your famine, and refuse your gold; }

The Joseph you exiled, the Joseph whom you sold.[174] }

Thus, while with heavenly charity she spoke,

A streaming blaze the silent shadows broke;