To those who're but dabblers when all is done,
But the workers, when wages go down with a run,
Can hardly see the sport of it.
To play at philanthropy's mischievous, much,
For sciolists mar whatsoever they touch;
What if some Flower Girl Mission
Destroy a trade, which seeks other lands,
Or throw out of work some thousands of hands?
Philanthropy hath no vision
Save of its pretty and picturesque fad;