Most she touched me by her muteness --

Most she touched me by her muteness --
Most she won me by the way
She presented her small figure --
Plea itself -- for Charity --

Were a Crumb my whole possession --
Were there famine in the land --
Were it my resource from starving --
Could I such a face[^a1]plea withstand --

[^a1: face | face]

Not upon her knee to thank me
Sank the[^a2]this Beggar from the Sky --
But the Crumb partook -- departed --
And returned On High --

[^a2: the | the]

I supposed -- when sudden
Such a Praise began
'Twas as Space sat singing
To herself -- and men --

'Twas the Winged Beggar --
Afterward I learned
To her Benefactor
paying[^a3]Making Gratitude

[^a3: paying | paying]