Who lives—or dies—by labor!

“At last, before that door

That bears so many a knock,

Ere ever it opens to Sick or Poor,

Like sheep they huddle and flock—

And would that all the Good and Wise

Could see the million of hollow eyes,

With a gleam derived from Hope and the skies

Upturned to the Work-House Clock!

“Oh! that the Parish Powers,