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Prison Poetry

Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged.

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BY SAM LAW.

Art thou so good, so free from sin That thou should'st judge thy fellow men? Look well to self before the stone, Aimed at thy brother's faults, be thrown,

Behold in thee A Pharisee.

If thou art not so low, perchance thou'rt only so from circumstance;

Perhaps, if tempted, thou would'st fall. Thy nature's sinful, after all.

Thou knowest not, most righteous scribe, The struggles, trials, patience tried; The battles fought, the vict'ries gained, The bleeding heart, the soul tear-stained,

More human be, Have charity.

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