(The story.)
We will trace him as we may, on his way
From that doorstep, where at play on that day;
We will see just how he earned
That for which his young heart yearned,
How from good he firmly turned not astray.
Selling papers he began, little man,
Then on errands often ran, like a “van”;
Then his matches he would sell,
Blacking boots the while, as well;