820. C. M. R. Nicoll.
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Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
Honor all Men.
1I may not scorn the meanest thing
That on the earth doth crawl;
The slave who would not burst his chain,
The tyrant in his hall.
2The vile oppressor who hath made
The widowed mother mourn,
Though worthless, soulless he may stand,
I cannot, dare not scorn.
3The darkest night that shrouds the sky,
Of beauty hath a share:
The blackest heart hath sighs to tell
That God still lingers there.