Fanny Fire-Fly

“ And hearing all your griefs and sighs,
Much better feelings did arise.
For let me tell you, friends and brothers,
Listening to the woes of others,
And pitying their deep distress,
Will ever make our own seem less. ”

“ We've been a persecuted race,
Since first on earth we had a place.
There is, I'm told, a land called France,
Where all the people sing and dance—
And they acquire their easy grace
By living on our helpless race ”

“ A generous pity feel for all,
And charity for great and small.
One other hint we also find,
[Pg 30] That children all should bear in mind,
Treat aged people—strangers too,
With reverence; it is their due. ”