To shrink from evil deed is shame
The rest is blush of fair-faced dame.
Food, dress and such are one for ail
Modesty marks the higher soul.
All lives have their lodge in flesh
Perfection has its home in blush.
Shame is the jewel of dignity
Shameless swagger is vanity.
In them resides the sense of shame
Who blush for their and other's blame.
The great refuse the wonder-world
Without modesty's hedge and shield.
For shame their life the shame-sensed give
Loss of shame they won't outlive.
Virtue is much ashamed of him
Who shameless does what others shame.
Lapse in manners injures the race
Want of shame harms every good grace.
Movements of the shameless in heart
Are string-led puppet show in fact.
SENSITIVENESS TO SHAME
