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A heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathise.
A heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathise.
His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be
His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be
Somewhere or other there must surely be
The face not seen, the voice not heard,
The heart read more
Somewhere or other there must surely be
The face not seen, the voice not heard,
The heart that not yet--never yet--ah me!
Made answer to my word.
The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.
I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.
Jobling, there are chords in the human mind.
Jobling, there are chords in the human mind.
The man who melts
With social sympathy, though not allied,
Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.
The man who melts
With social sympathy, though not allied,
Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow
For other's good, and melt at other's woe.
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow
For other's good, and melt at other's woe.