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THE TWINS.

"GIVE" AND "IT-SHALL-BE-GIVEN-UNTO-YOU."

I.

Grand rough old Martin Luther

Bloomed fables—flowers on furze,
The better the uncouther:
Do roses stick like burrs?

II.

A beggar asked an alms

One day at an abbey door,
Said Luther; but, seized with qualms,
The Abbot replied, "We're poor!"