‘Tis true my form is something odd,
Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1
But blaming me is blaming God;
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Could I create myself anew
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I would not fail in pleasing you.
Bomb damage in the Post Mortem room (1944), Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1
If I could reach from pole to pole
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Or grasp the ocean with a span,
Works Department staff (1860s), Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1
I would be measured by the soul;
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The mind’s the standard of the man.
Evacuating children (1940), Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1
Joseph Merrick’s version of Isaac Watts’ False Greatness (1706)
