Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SYMPATHY, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD


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First Line: Friend, art thou drowning? So am I
Last Line: Earth's richest sons.
Subject(s): Sympathy; Empathy


FRIEND, art thou drowning? So am I.
Hold by my hand.
Nearer is my vain help, than help
From yonder land.

Friend, art thou starving? So, too, I.
Therefore I come
To thee—not to the over-fed—
To ask a crumb.

Friend, hast thou nothing? Less have I.
Yet beggared ones
Give more to those who beg than e'er
Earth's richest sons.





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