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On Another’s Sorrow is a poem by the English poet William Blake. The poem discusses human and divine empathy and compassion. It was published as part of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1789 as the last song in the Songs of Innocence section.Blake argues that human sympathy is a valuable trait. After making this observation about man he then speaks of the sympathy of God as well. In his commentary on the poem D. G.