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 fill’d?
Can a mother sit and hear
An infant groan an infant fear?
No, no! never can it be!
Never, never can it be!
That says a lot about the world we currently find ourselves in.
I think so, too.
Beautiful and filled with compassion.
That it is.
good question for our modern times…
The past is more modern than we often realize.