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AD ASTRA: 116 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: TWIN ANGELS, PITY AND PAIN, REDEEM MANKIND
Last Line: THE PITY OF THE THING HE FAIN WOULD DO?
Subject(s): MANKIND; REDEMPTION; HUMAN RACE;

Twin Angels, Pity and Pain, redeem mankind—
For every time we sin we cast abroad
Seeds which Fate's ever-fructifying wind
Will bring to ripeness in some fair abode,
Increasing sorrow and the human load—
O who would sin, if first he did review
The pity of the thing he fain would do?



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