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SYMPATHY (1) by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: THE TEAR ANOTHER'S TEARS BRING FORTH
Last Line: A TOUCH OF THE DIVINE.
Subject(s): SPRING; SYMPATHY; EMPATHY;
The tear another's tears bring forth,
The sigh which answers sigh,
The pulse that beats at other's woes,
E'en though our own be nigh,

A balm to bathe the wounded heart
Where sorrow's hand hath lain,
The link divine from soul to soul
That makes us one in pain, --

Sweet sympathy, benignant ray,
Light of the soul doth shine;
In it is human nature giv'n
A touch of the divine.



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