MELINDA.
Oh, no, indeed; for now, mamma,
I see how wicked I have been;
You spoke most truly when you said
That envy was an odious sin.
Poor Jennie Wright! how very strange
That I should think her proud or vain;
How wicked and unkind it was
For me to envy little Jane.
I shall feel thankful I can walk
Whene’er I chance a coach to meet;
Nor envy those again who ride,
So long as I can use my feet.
REMEMBER THE POOR.
“The poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye may do them good."—[Words of Jesus.
God’s blessing on those
Who remember the poor!
If I had been born
In the Five Points, I’m sure
I should have been grateful
For work and for food;
And this House of Industry
Must do them great good.