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TWO STANZAS.
Seem I beyond thy reach of eye
  Or lip, mailed in the arrogance
  Of life?—O friend, withhold no glance
Of love or word of courtesy!

Ponder with carefulness, and own
  All win as thou—are as thou art—
  Think of the beggar in the heart—
Think what the silent stars have known.