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Letitia Elizabeth Landon - The Poor
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Few, save the poor, feel for the poor: 
The rich know not how hard 
It is to be of needful food 
And needful rest debarred.

Their paths are paths of plenteousness, 
They sleep on silk and down; 
And never think how heavily 
The weary head lies down.

They know not of the scanty meal, 
With small pale faces round; 
No fire upon the cold, damp hearth 
When snow is on the ground.

They never by the window lean, 
And see the gay pass by; 
Then take their weary task again, 
But with a sadder eye.
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