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Quoting: sheila brown
Lovely George... makes the blood run cold eh?

My all time favourite is one I heard many years ago and lost. I think the following is incomplete but still worth a mention:

Pray dont find fault with the man who limps,  or stumbles along the road.
Unless you have worn the shoes he wears,
Or struggled beneath his load.

There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt though hidden from view.
Or the burden he bears placed on your back might cause you to stagger too.

Dont sneer at the man who’s down today,
Unless you have felt the blow,
That caused his fall, or felt his shame,
That only the fallen know.

You may be strong, but still, the blows
That were his, if dealt to you,
In the selfsame way, at the selfsame time
Might cause you to stagger too.

Dont be too harsh with the man who sins,Or pelt him with word or stone.
Unless you are sure, yea doubly sure
That you have no sin of your own.

For you know perhaps,if the tempters voice, shall whisper as soft to you,
As it did to him, when he went astray,
T’would cause you to falter too.

Poet Unknown

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