Compassion
He was a failure, and one day he died. Across the border of the mapless land He found himself among a sad-eyed band Of disappointed souls; they, too, had tried And missed their purpose. With one voice they cried Unto the shining Angel in command: 'Oh, lead us not before our Lord to stand, For we are failures, failures! Let us hide.' Yet on the Angel fared, until they stood Before the Master. (Even His holy place The hideous noises of the earth assailed.) Christ reached His arms out to the trembling brood, With God's vast sorrow in His listening face. Come unto Me,' He said; 'I, too, have failed.'
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"He was a failure, and one day he died...."
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