Social Commentaries

An Imitation of Dr. Watts

by Eugene Field 1850–1895

From Second Book of Verse (1892)

Social Commentaries

Through all my life the poor shall find
In me a constant friend;
And on the meek of every kind
My mercy shall attend.

The dumb shall never call on me
In vain for kindly aid;
And in my hands the blind shall see
A bounteous alms displayed.

In all their walks the lame shall know
And feel my goodness near;
And on the deaf will I bestow
My gentlest words of cheer.

'Tis by such pious works as these,
Which I delight to do,
That men their fellow-creatures please,
And please their Maker too.

MLA

Field, Eugene. “An Imitation of Dr. Watts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field/108/.

Chicago

Field, Eugene. “An Imitation of Dr. Watts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field/108/.

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