We desire to keep the dying and the newly dead close before our eyes so as to give them full need of pity. Our Lord was — Barry Unsworth
We desire to keep the dying and the newly dead close before our eyes so as to give them full need of pity. Our Lord was — Barry Unsworth
We desire to keep the dying and the newly dead close before our eyes so as to give them full need of pity. Our Lord was — Barry Unsworth
We desire to keep the dying and the newly dead close before our eyes so as to give them full need of pity. Our Lord was — Barry Unsworth
We desire to keep the dying and the newly dead close before our eyes so as to give them full need of pity. Our Lord was — Barry Unsworth
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We desire to keep the dying and the newly dead close before our eyes so as to give them full need of pity. Our Lord was brought down to be pitied, on the Cross He was too far away.

— Barry Unsworth
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