me. God will repay. To him who gives is given, Corn, water, wine, the world, the starry heaven." Then, like a poor old man, he took his way Back to the city, while the showman gazed After his figure like a man amazed. [Pg 48] The Wife: I think that traveller was an angel sent. The Showman: A most strange man. I wonder what he meant. The Wife: Comfort was what he meant, in our distress. The Showman: No words of his can make our trouble less. The Wife: O, Will, he made me feel the luck would change. Look at him, husband; there is something strange[Pg 49] [Pg 49] About him there; a robin redbreast comes Hopping about his feet as though for crumbs, And little long-tailed tits and wrens that sing Perching upon him. The Showman: What a wondrous thing!
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