And evil is the charity that humbleth, and maketh man less happy.
There are who sow liberalities, to reap the like again;
But men accept his boon, scorning the shallow usurer:
I have known many such a fisherman lose his golden baits:
And oftentimes the tame decoy escapeth with the flock.
Yea, there are who give unto the poor, to gain large interest of God,—
Fool,—to think His wealth is money, and not mind:
And haply after thine alms, thy calculated givings,
The hurricane shall blast thy crops, and sink the homeward ship;
Then shall thy worldly soul murmur that the balances were false,