In the heart of a belle, a lady of fashion.
And they sat side by side, this curious pair,
While they rode up to Eighth street—and she paid the fare.
They stepped from the car, and stood before,
The “Cooper Institute’s” new-painted door—
“Who hath done this?” asked Charity then;
“Who hath done this for his fellow-men?
Hath builded this house, that all may come—