Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this poem.

-One of the themes of “On Another’s Sorrow” is that people are compassionate when they see others who are sorrowful.

-Which pair of lines best supports this theme?


1."Can a father see his child, / Weep, nor be with sorrow fill'd?"


2."Think not, thou canst sigh a sigh / And thy maker is not by;"


3."And can he who smiles on all / Hear the wren with sorrows small,"


4."He doth give his joy to all; / He becomes an infant small;"