John Pierpont - Hymns and Odes for Charity Occasions V

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Faint, bleeding, of his robes bereft, 'Ready to perish' by the way, 'Mid craggy wilds by robbers left, A lonely Jewish traveller lay. A priest of Judah, passing by, The sufferer saw, and help denied. A Levite toward him turned his eye, And 'passed by on the other side.' A traveller from Samaria came,- Whose nation's bosom long had burned With hatred of the Jewish name,- And toward the wounded stranger turned. As nearer, on his beast, he drew, A thrill of pity through him ran;- He saw not there a hated Jew; He only saw a suffering man. He saw him;-from his own scant store Of oil and wine he filled his cup, From his own robe a bandage tore, And bathed his wounds and bound them up; On his own beast the sufferer laid, And to an hospitable shed Bore him,-for all his nursing paid, And left him on a grateful bed. 'Go, do thou likewise!' Thus said He, Who gave the world this touching tale;- We would do likewise, Lord, till we Tread, each alone, Death's shadowy vale. John Pierpont poemhunter.com/poem/hymns-and-odes-for-charity-occasions-v/