That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a 
lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.

William Blake 
<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_blake.html>


On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 11:41:44 PM UTC, Molly wrote:
>
> Can I see another's woe,
> And not be in sorrow too?
> Can I see another's grief,
> And not seek for kind relief?
>
> Can I see a falling tear,
> And not feel my sorrow's share?
> Can a father see his child
> Weep, nor be with sorrow filled?
>
> Can a mother sit and hear
> An infant groan, an infant fear?
> No, no! never can it be!
> Never, never can it be!
> And can He who smiles on all
> Hear the wren with sorrows small,
> Hear the small bird's grief and care,
> Hear the woes that infants bear --
>
> And not sit beside the next,
> Pouring pity in their breast,
> And not sit the cradle near,
> Weeping tear on infant's tear?
>
> And not sit both night and day,
> Wiping all our tears away?
> Oh no! never can it be!
> Never, never can it be!
> He doth give his joy to all:
> He becomes an infant small,
> He becomes a man of woe,
> He doth feel the sorrow too.
>
> Think not thou canst sigh a sigh,
> And thy Maker is not by:
> Think not thou canst weep a tear,
> And thy Maker is not near.
>
> Oh He gives to us his joy,
> That our grief He may destroy:
> Till our grief is fled an gone
> He doth sit by us and moan.
>
> - William Blake
>

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