Classic Poem

“‘‘Moreover,—Is it my right to give,
to do with mine what so I please,
or is it thine eye is bent on ill,
since I am good, and none defraud?’
‘Thus shall I,’ quoth Christ, ‘ordain:
the last shall be the first to go
and the first the last, be he ne'er so swift;
for many are called, though few the elect.’
Thus do the poor their portion take,
though they come late, and low their place;
though, little done, their toil is spent,
the mercy of God is much the more.