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Kindness

by Colfax Burgoyne Harman

Who has a kind and humble heart
Has greater gift bestown
Than wealth obtained at honor's mart
Or power upon the throne.

The weary stranger, hungry, cold,
With thoughtful, low-bowed head,
Is turned from mansions rich in gold
And from the cottage fed.

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