<p class="poetry">The rich and the poor meet together;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> is the creator of them both.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is better for a person to meet<n id="1" /> a mother bear being robbed of her cubs,p> <p class="poetry">than<n id="2" /> to encounter<n id="3" /> a fool in his folly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The poor person and the oppressor<n id="1" /> have this in common:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> gives light<n id="3" /> to the eyes of them both.p>