SYMPATHY WITH THE AFFLICTED.

Freethought Review, Volume I, Issue 7, 1 April 1884, Page 11

SYMPATHY WITH THE AFFLICTED.

blest is the man whose generous heart Feels all another’s pain ; To whom the supplicating eye Is never raised in vain ; Whose breast expands with generous warmth, A brother’s woes to feel, And bleeds in pity o’er the wound He wants the power to heal. He spreads his kind, supporting arms To every child of grief ; His secret bounty largely flows And brings unasked relief. To gentle offices of love His feet are never slow ; He views, through mercy’s melting eye, A brother in a foe. Mrs, Barbauld.