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Man-like is it to fall into sin, Fiend-like is it to dwell therein; Christ-like is it for sin to grieve, God-like is it all sin to leave.

Friedrich von Logau
Fall, Men, Grieving
"'Sin' ('From the Sinngedichte of Friedrich von Logau')". Translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "Complete Poetical Works", www.bartleby.com. 1893.
Man-like is it to fall into sin, Fiend-like is it to dwell therein; Christ-like is it for sin to grieve, God-like is it all sin to leave.