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On Another’s Sorrow

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?

No, no! never can it be!
Never, never can it be!

–William Blake, from Songs of Innocence

For Judy, who looked into a deep, dark hole today.

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