Hospital
I think it frets the saints in heaven to see
How many desolate creatures of the earth
Have learnt the simple dues of fellowship
And social comfort, in a hospital.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), from Aurora Leigh (Book 3).
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