Poetry. "Worth Makes the Man."

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2003, 9 May 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)

Poetry. "Worth Makes the Man."

T!Y I UAN'CIS S. SMITII.

• Worth makes tho man 1" the pompous Who boasts of rank and power — Whoae heart is llinty as a rock — Who wears a visago sour — Though he may boast of gentle birth, And own his weight in bullion, Is meaner in the sight of (rod Than is his humble scullion. See yonder purße-proud, heartless damp, Trimmed up with costly laces, Who treats tho honeat poor with scorn, The ric'i with airs and graces — Is she a lady ? Save the mark I lteflect, and you'M discover That in all qualities of soul Her maid will rank above her. Disease claims power o'er the king As o'er his lowly brother, And Death will lay his icy hand On one as on the other. And 'tis not birth, nor wealth, nor pomp, That claims our admiiation, But true nobility of soul What'er may be man's station. Pile rich clothes on a etatuo fair, Until it blaze with splendor, You cannot any -warmth, or heat, Or motion thus engender. So all the money in the world, Though reckoned over double, Could not, in any honest mind, A stony heart ennoble. No ; he or she who in this life Bears good will to a neighbor, Whether possessed of fortuno largo Or doomed by Fate to labor — Who watches at tho couoh of pain, Or soothes another's tronble With sweet, unselfish sympathy, Such— only such— are noble. • Show me the man that has a heart To feel the world's distresses, Whose nature is all charity — Whose life is one that bleseen ; And I'll show you a nobleman — Whate'er his rank or station — Before whom even kings must bow In silent admiration.