The poor, the needy, whom uncomforted
Not ever from his portals he would send,
Whom sick he watched beside contagious bed,
And whom an-hungered his large bounty fed;
While loving words made ever doubly prized
The gracious acts which he for all devised.
III.
And only was he rigid and severe
With his own self, his weak frame chastening still
With long-drawn fasts and discipline austere,