But there is one thing which we are responsible for, and that is
for our sympathies, for the manner read more

But there is one thing which we are responsible for, and that is
for our sympathies, for the manner in which we regard it, and for
the tone in which we discuss it. What shall we say, then, with
regard to it? On which side shall we stand?

He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.

He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.

There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.

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.

We pine for kindred natures
To mingle with our own.

We pine for kindred natures
To mingle with our own.

World-wide apart, and yet akin,
As showing that the human heart
Beats on forever as of old.

World-wide apart, and yet akin,
As showing that the human heart
Beats on forever as of old.

It [true love] is the secret sympathy,
The silver link, the silken tie,
Which heart to heart, read more

It [true love] is the secret sympathy,
The silver link, the silken tie,
Which heart to heart, and mind to mind
In body and in soul can bind.

Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.

Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.