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 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have 
need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion read more 
 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have 
need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how 
dwelleth the love of God in him? 
 Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of 
brotherhood makes all men one.  
 Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of 
brotherhood makes all men one. 
Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you, and sometimes it's read more
Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you, and sometimes it's just enough to know that they are standing by.
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.
 Never elated while one man's oppress'd;
 Never dejected while another's blessed.  
 Never elated while one man's oppress'd;
 Never dejected while another's blessed. 
 For I no sooner in my heart divin'd
 My heart, which by a secret harmony
  Still moves read more 
 For I no sooner in my heart divin'd
 My heart, which by a secret harmony
  Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. 
 A heart at leisure from itself,
 To soothe and sympathise.  
 A heart at leisure from itself,
 To soothe and sympathise. 
 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 secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and 
likeness.  
 The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and 
likeness.