Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other read more

Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other world
Than calling it at moments back to this.
The busy have no time for tears.

Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.

Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.

The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.

The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.

Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.

Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.

Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.

Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.

For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent read more

For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent in prosperite,
And it remembren whan it passed is.

Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.

Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.

There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.
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There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.
[Lat., Nessun maggior dolore
Che ricordarsi del tempo felice
Nella miseria.]