<P> The parable of the Good Samaritan is the theme for the Austrian Christian Charity commemorative coin, minted 12 March 2003 . This coin shows the Good Samaritan with the wounded man, on his horse, as he takes him to an inn for medical attention . An older coin with this theme is the American "Good Samaritan Shilling" of 1652 . </P> <P> Australian poet Henry Lawson wrote a poem on the parable ("The Good Samaritan"), of which the third stanza reads: </P> <P> "He's been a fool, perhaps, and would Have prospered had he tried, But he was one who never could Pass by the other side . An honest man whom men called soft, While laughing in their sleeves--No doubt in business ways he oft Had fallen amongst thieves ." </P> <P> John Gardiner Calkins Brainard also wrote a poem on the theme . </P>

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