• “love your neighbor as yourself,”—
      So the parson preaches:
    That ’s one half the Decalogue,—
      So the prayer-book teaches.
    Half my duty I can do
      With but little labor,
    For with all my heart and soul
      I do love my neighbor.

    Mighty little credit, that,
      To my self-denial;
    Not to love her, though, might be...

  • “love your neighbor as yourself,”—
      So the parson preaches:
    That ’s one half the Decalogue,—
      So the prayer-book teaches.
    Half my duty I can do
      With but little labor,
    For with all my heart and soul
      I do love my neighbor.

    Mighty little credit, that,
      To my self-denial;
    Not to love her, though, might be...