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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PEARL OF SYMPATHY, by HENRY CHAPPELL
First Line: I sought in the crowded highway
Last Line: The pearl of sympathy.
Subject(s): Sympathy; Empathy
First Line: I sought in the crowded highway
Last Line: The pearl of sympathy.
Subject(s): Sympathy; Empathy
I SOUGHT in the crowded highway,
I sought in the mountains free;
In busy mart and gathering gay
Where men own tawdry Fashions sway
And fritter the golden hours away,
But know not sympathy.
The winds and the waves of Ocean
And the caves beneath its sea
All blent their tones in sweetest choir
To soothe my spirit's wasting fire;
Lovely, but cold; my heart's desire
Was human sympathy.
But when the angels pitied
And sent you unto me,
I saw the softest love-light shine
In your dear eyes, and close to mine
There beat your heart, their gift divine,
The Pearl of Sympathy.
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