Dives and Lazarus
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1. As it fell out upon a day,Rich Dives made a feast,And he invited all his friends,And gentry of the best.2. Then Lazarus laid him down and down,And down at Dives’s door.“Some meat, some drink, brother Dives,Bestow upon the poor.”3. “Thou’rt none of mine, brother Lazarus,That lies begging at my door:Nor meat nor drink will I give to thee,Nor bestow upon the poor.”4. Then Dives sent out his hungry dogs,To bite him as he lay;They had no power to bite at all,But licked his sores away.5. As it fell out upon a day,Poor Lazarus sickened and died,There came two Angels out of HeavenHis soul therein to guide.6. As it fell out upon a day,Rich Dives sickened and died,There came two serpents out of Hell,His soul therein to guide.7. Then Dives looked with burning eyes,And saw poor Lazarus blest;“One drop of water, Lazarus,To quench my flaming thirst!8. “Oh! had I as many years to abideAs there are blades of grass.Then there would be an end; but nowHell’s pains will never pass.”
1. As it fell out upon a day,Rich Dives made a feast,And he invited all his friends,And gentry of the best.2. Then Lazarus laid him down and down,And down at Dives’s door.“Some meat, some drink, brother Dives,Bestow upon the poor.”3. “Thou’rt none of mine, brother Lazarus,That lies begging at my door:Nor meat nor drink will I give to thee,Nor bestow upon the poor.”4. Then Dives sent out his hungry dogs,To bite him as he lay;They had no power to bite at all,But licked his sores away.5. As it fell out upon a day,Poor Lazarus sickened and died,There came two Angels out of HeavenHis soul therein to guide.6. As it fell out upon a day,Rich Dives sickened and died,There came two serpents out of Hell,His soul therein to guide.7. Then Dives looked with burning eyes,And saw poor Lazarus blest;“One drop of water, Lazarus,To quench my flaming thirst!8. “Oh! had I as many years to abideAs there are blades of grass.Then there would be an end; but nowHell’s pains will never pass.”
1. As it fell out upon a day,Rich Dives made a feast,And he invited all his friends,And gentry of the best.
1. As it fell out upon a day,
Rich Dives made a feast,
And he invited all his friends,
And gentry of the best.
2. Then Lazarus laid him down and down,And down at Dives’s door.“Some meat, some drink, brother Dives,Bestow upon the poor.”
2. Then Lazarus laid him down and down,
And down at Dives’s door.
“Some meat, some drink, brother Dives,
Bestow upon the poor.”
3. “Thou’rt none of mine, brother Lazarus,That lies begging at my door:Nor meat nor drink will I give to thee,Nor bestow upon the poor.”
3. “Thou’rt none of mine, brother Lazarus,
That lies begging at my door:
Nor meat nor drink will I give to thee,
Nor bestow upon the poor.”
4. Then Dives sent out his hungry dogs,To bite him as he lay;They had no power to bite at all,But licked his sores away.
4. Then Dives sent out his hungry dogs,
To bite him as he lay;
They had no power to bite at all,
But licked his sores away.
5. As it fell out upon a day,Poor Lazarus sickened and died,There came two Angels out of HeavenHis soul therein to guide.
5. As it fell out upon a day,
Poor Lazarus sickened and died,
There came two Angels out of Heaven
His soul therein to guide.
6. As it fell out upon a day,Rich Dives sickened and died,There came two serpents out of Hell,His soul therein to guide.
6. As it fell out upon a day,
Rich Dives sickened and died,
There came two serpents out of Hell,
His soul therein to guide.
7. Then Dives looked with burning eyes,And saw poor Lazarus blest;“One drop of water, Lazarus,To quench my flaming thirst!
7. Then Dives looked with burning eyes,
And saw poor Lazarus blest;
“One drop of water, Lazarus,
To quench my flaming thirst!
8. “Oh! had I as many years to abideAs there are blades of grass.Then there would be an end; but nowHell’s pains will never pass.”
8. “Oh! had I as many years to abide
As there are blades of grass.
Then there would be an end; but now
Hell’s pains will never pass.”