THE DIVINE IMAGETo Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,All pray in their distress,And to these virtues of delightReturn their thankfulness.For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,Is God our Father dear;And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,Is man, His child and care.For Mercy has a human heart;Pity, a human face;And Love, the human form divine:And Peace the human dress.Then every man, of every clime,That prays in his distress,Prays to the human form divine:Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.And all must love the human form,In heathen, Turk, or Jew.Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell,There God is dwelling too.Illustration:
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,All pray in their distress,And to these virtues of delightReturn their thankfulness.
For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,Is God our Father dear;And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,Is man, His child and care.
For Mercy has a human heart;Pity, a human face;And Love, the human form divine:And Peace the human dress.
Then every man, of every clime,That prays in his distress,Prays to the human form divine:Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.
And all must love the human form,In heathen, Turk, or Jew.Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell,There God is dwelling too.
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