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The Charity Ball

Lord Byron·1788–1824
Lines:8Movement:Romanticism
WHAT matter the pangs of a husband and father, If his sorrows in exile be great or be small,So the Pharisee's glories around her she gather, And the saint patronises her "Charity Ball!" What matters--a heart which, though faulty, was feeling, Be driven to excesses which once could appal--That the Sinner should suffer is only fair dealing, As the Saint keeps her charity back for "the Ball!"