A winter hurricane aloof;

I heard his voice abroad, and flew

To bid him welcome to my roof.

8. I warm’d, I clothed, I cheer’d my guest,

I laid him on my couch to rest;

Then made the earth my bed, and seem’d

In Eden’s garden while I dream’d.

9. Stripp’d, wounded, beaten nigh to death,

I found him by the highway side;

I roused his pulse, brought back his breath,