FROM THE XIITH CHAPTER OF ST. MARK, 41ST VERSE, TO THE END. Mary Alcock (née Cumberland) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T86344 Alcock [née Cumberland], Mary, 1741?–1798. Poems, &c. &c. by the Late Mrs. Mary Alcock [poems only]. London Printed for C. Dilly, Poultry 1799 p. 101. vii,[25],183,[1]p.

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FROM THE XII TH CHAPTER OF ST. MARK , 41 ST VERSE , TO THE END . Hail , widow ! ample cause hast thou to bless That happy state , which others term distress , Since by thy Saviour's voice it is proclaim'd , That wheresoe'er his gospel shall be nam'd , There shall recorded stand thy pious deed , The mite bestow'd of which thyself had need . Such was thy charity , thy faith , thy love , The gift was register'd in heay'n above . What tho' the rich , whose coffers overflow'd , With oftentation their vain alms bestow'd , 'Twas but a part from that abundance given , Which they as almoners receiv'd from heaven , Thou from thine all with confidence didst part , Unknown to thee , thy Saviour saw thy heart .