The heart was made to be broken

The heart was made to be broken

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound

He jests at scars that never felt a wound

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest: it is read more

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the
pricks.

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.

He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.

He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

To each his suff'rings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan;
The tender for another's pain,
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To each his suff'rings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan;
The tender for another's pain,
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate,
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies?
Thought would destroy their paradise.

And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.