Bible Readings for the Home Circle

by Unknown

A barrel of sorrow for a loving, weary wife;

A barrel of care, a barrel of strife;

A barrel of unavailing regret;

A barrel of cares, a barrel of debt;

A barrel of hunger, of poison, of pain;

A barrel of hopes all blasted and vain;

A barrel of poverty, ruin, and blight;

A barrel of tears that run in the night;

A barrel of crime, a barrel of groans;

A barrel of orphans' most pitiful moans;