. God's troubadour; the story of St. Francis of Assisi . OLD BRIDGE OVER THE THRESHING-FLOOR NEAR RIVO TORTO. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY! ASTOR, LENOX A.;DTILDEN THE OTHER LIFE He had not been gone ten minutes, and theleper, scarcely recovered from his surpriseat the generous gift he had received, wascreeping to the gate with his treasure. Hemoved slowly, as if in pain. Francis sprangfrom his horse, and, kneeling in the dustyroad, he lifted the lepers hand to his lipsand kissed it, as he had been taught to kissthe hand of a bishop or a prince. It islikely that the leper
. God's troubadour; the story of St. Francis of Assisi . OLD BRIDGE OVER THE THRESHING-FLOOR NEAR RIVO TORTO. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY! ASTOR, LENOX A.;DTILDEN THE OTHER LIFE He had not been gone ten minutes, and theleper, scarcely recovered from his surpriseat the generous gift he had received, wascreeping to the gate with his treasure. Hemoved slowly, as if in pain. Francis sprangfrom his horse, and, kneeling in the dustyroad, he lifted the lepers hand to his lipsand kissed it, as he had been taught to kissthe hand of a bishop or a prince. It islikely that the leper was as greatly puzzledas the beggar in the porch of St. Peters hadbeen, but Francis Bernardone was not , he had learned, through his ownfailure and shame, a lesson that some mennever learn; for, though I give all mygifts to feed the poor, and have not love, itis nothing. From that spring morning, atthe gate of the leper hospital, until the dayof his death, Francis of Assisi never met theman who was too filthy, or too loathsome,or even too wicked, for him to love. [61]
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