Found on the wall of a Denver hospital

The cry of a man's anguish went up unto God,
"Lord, take away pain!
The shadow that darkens the world Thou hast made;
The close-coiling chain
that strangles the heart; the burden that weighs on the
wings that would soar —
Lord, take away pain from the world Thou hast made,
That it love Thee the more!"

Then answered the Lord to the cry of His world:
"Shall I take away pain,
And with it the power of the soul to endure,
Made strong by the strain?
Shall I take away pity, that knits heart to heart,
And sacrifice high?
Will ye lose all your heroes that lift from the fire
White brows to the sky?
Shall I take away love, that redeems with a price,
And smiles at its loss?
Can ye spare from your lives that would climb unto mine
The Christ on his cross?"