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[22] Thou mayst live to bless the giver,
     Who, himself but frail and weak,
Would at least the highest welfare
     Of another seek;

And his gift, though poor and lowly
     It may seem to other eyes,
Yet may prove an angel holy
     In a pilgrim's guise.

1840.

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