Living
A Generous Action May Atone
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
A generous action may atone
For many a less worthy one,
Yet take thou heed the generous be
In number as threescore to three.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “A Generous Action May Atone.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/923/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “A Generous Action May Atone.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/923/.
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