Which were allotted me, in helping those
Whom stress of destiny had smitten down
And plunged in deepest poverty and need.
And far more oft I found it necessary
To soothe the anguish of the soul of man
Than heal his body’s pain and suffering.
But I have felt indeed in many ways
My will’s weak impotence to comfort men.
So that I am compelled to seek fresh strength
From out the treasured store which floweth forth