That we are strangers here.

Is not the following a pithy phrasing of the old sweet lesson of charity?

Oh, when the wintry storm beats high,

And howling blasts sweep through the sky;

When ice and snow the earth enshroud,

And ye around your hearthstone crowd;

Then think of that poor neighbor near,

Whose hearth is cold, whose home is drear.

And when the gentle south wind blows,