Blest Is the Man Whose Softening Heart WINCHESTER OLD—German traditional CORINTH—Composer Unknown BARBY—William Tans’ur Blest Is the Man Whose Softening Heart 1 Blest is the man whose softening heart Feels all another’s pain; To whom the supplicating eye Was never raised in vain: 2 Whose breast expands with generous warmth A stranger’s woes to feel’ And bleeds in pity o’er the wound He wants the power to heal. 3 He spreads his kind, supporting arms, To every child of grief; His secret bounty