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The Goddess of Poverty.
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BY MRS. L. NJ CHILD.
Pains sanded with gold verdant heaths, ra-
vines loved by the wild goats, great mountains
crowned with stars, wandering torrents, mpen-
etrabe forests, let the good goddess pass through
the Goddess of Poverty.
Since the world existed, since men have been,
she traverscs the world, she dwes among men,
he travels singing, and she sings working-the
goddess, good Goddess of Poverty.
Some men assembled to curse her. They
found her too beautiful too gay, too nimbIe, and
90 strong. Pluck out her wings, said they;
X chain her, bruse her with blows, that she may
suffer, that she may perish-the Goddess of Pow
. ertyP
They have chained the good goddess, they
have beaten and prosecuted her. but they cannot
disgrace her. She has taken refuge in the soul
of poets, in the soul of peasants, in the soul of
martyrs, in the soul Of saints-the good goddess.
the Goddess Of Poverty!
She has walked more than the Wandering
Jew; she has Travelled more than the swallow;
she is older than the cathedral of Prague, she
Is younger than the egg of the wren; she has
multiplied more upon the earth than strawberries
IN Bohemian iorest-the goddess, the good
Goddess of Poverty!
She has many children, and she teaches them
the secret of God. She talked to the heart of
Jesus upon the mountain; to the eyes of Queen
! 4ebussa, when she became enamored of la
4 ,o ,irit r. l. Ia,
he funeral pile of Constance She knows
more than all the doctors and all the bishops
he good Goddess of Poverty
She always makes the grandcst and most
beautiful things that we see upon earth; it is
she who has cultivated the fields and pruned the
trees; it is she who tends the hocks, singing the
#nost beautiful airs it is she who sees the first
peep of dawn, and receives the last smiles of
Pycning-the good Goddess of Poverty
1t is she who builds the cabin of the wood
cutter with green boughs and gives to the
preacher the glance of the eagle; it is she who
ears the most beautiful urchins, and makes the
s spade and the pillow light in the hands of the old
nan-the good Goddess Of Poverty
1t is she who inspires the poet and makes the
'iolin, the guitar and the flute eloquent under
he fingers of the wandering artist; it is she who
carries him on her light wing from the source of
he Modan to that of the Danube; it is she who
Browns his hair with pearls of dew, and makes
he stars shine for him more large and more
Iear--the goddess, the good Goddess of Power
y
1t is she who nstructs the engenious artisan
tho teaches him to hew stone, to carve marble
fashion gold, silver, brass and ron it is she
Who renders the flax supple and fine as hair
rom the fingers of the old mother OF of the
Dung grl-the goddess, the good Goddess Of
Poverty
1t is she who sustalns the cottage shaken by
he storms; it is she who saves rosin for the
orch and oil for the lamp; it is she who kneads
read for the family, and weaves garments foI
Summer and Winter; it is she who feeds and
maintains the world-the good Goddess of Pow
erty
1t is she who has built the grand churches
nd the old cathedraIs it is she who carries the
abrc and the gun who makes war and CON
uests. 1t is she who collects the dead
ends the wounded and hides the conquer
Pd-the goddess, the good Goddess of Pow
srty!
Thou art all gentleness, all patience, al
trength, and all compassion, o, good god
ess! 1t is thou who unitest all thy chill
rem in holy love, and who givest to then
aith, hope, and charity-O, Goddess of Pow
rty!
Thy children will cease one day to carry the
World upon their shoulders; they will be recon
ensed for their trouble and toll. The time ap
|roaches when there will be neither rich no
poor; when all men shall consume the fruits o
he earh and equally ENJOY the gifts of God