Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody Poor;
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.


The Human Abstract, st. 1 - Songs of Experience (1794)


Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we.

Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we.

Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we.

Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we.