Kindness all his looks expressed, 
Charity was every word; 
Him the eye beheld and blessed, 
And the ear rejoiced that heard. 
As a cedar of the Lord, 
On the height of Lebanon, 
Shade and shelter doth afford, 
From the tempest and the sun,- 
While in green luxuriant prime, 
Fragrant airs its boughs diffuse, 
From its locks it shakes sublime, 
O’er the hills, the morning dews;— 
Thus he flourished, tall and strong, 
Glorious in perennial health; 
Thus he scattered, late and long, 
All his plenitude of wealth. 
Then the widow’s heart would sing. 
As she turned her wheel, for joy ; 
Then the bliss of hope would spring 
On the outcast orphan-boy. 
As the earth puts forth her flowers, 
Heavenward breathing, from below; 
As the clouds descend in showers, 
When the southern breezes blow;— 
Thus his renovated mind, 
Warm with pure celestial love, 
Shed its influence on mankind, 
While its hopes aspired above. 
