The tear another's tears bring forth, The sigh which answers sigh, The pulse that beats at other's woes, E'en though our own be nigh, A balm to bathe the wounded heart Where sorrow's hand hath lain, The link divine from soul to soul That makes us one in pain,— Sweet sympathy, benignant ray, Light of the soul doth shine; In it is human nature giv'n A touch of the divine. Paul Lawrence Dunbar
