Here is thy footstool
and there rest thy feet
where live the poorest,
and lowliest, and lost.
When I try to bow to thee,
my obeisance cannot reach down
to the depth where thy feet rest
among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.
Pride can never approach
to where thou walkest
in the clothes of the humble
among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.
My heart can never find its way
to where thou keepest company
with the companionless
among the poorest, the lowliest, and the lost.