“To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; …”

“To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return 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.”

— William Blake

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Title: Wikiquote: William Blake
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The Divine Image, st. 1- 3

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Blake, William. (n.d.). Wikiquote: William Blake. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Blake

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