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Ah little think the gay licentious frond Some are pierced by wintry winds
whom pleasure, power & affluence surround
Ah little think they as they dance along How many shrink into the sordid hut
How many feel this very moment, death of cheerless poverty.
And all the sad variety of pain Thompson
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a circumstance, she would once have deemed impossible. Her experience
of Richard's peity & kindness, had removed the prejudices ex-
-cited by differnce of colour, & taught her that goodness depends not
on complexion & that religion can ? give dignity to slavery & poverty. Humbled
& discouraged by the frequent rejections she had met with from the
rich, & the dangers she was exposed to in the hours of the gay & fashionable,
she determined to seek for employment & shelter from the poor. With
the resolution, she joined the family, & offered her ? to the
woman of the house. But this woman, was too poor to need such
help, tho' she very good naturedly told Lucy she might remain
there a day or two, until she could suit herself in a place. This offer
was thankfully accepted, & she immediately busied herself in ? some
of the clothes of the family, as a return for the kindness she received. -