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    And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be
    That this low breath is gone from me,
    And gone my bier ye come to weep,
    Let One, most loving of you all,
    Say, "Not a tear must o'er her fall;
    He giveth His beloved sleep."

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Tears are the silent language of grief

Tears are the silent language of grief

by Voltaire Found in: Grief Quotes, Tears Quotes,
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No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.
Not the read more

No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.
Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn,
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,
Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows
Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.

by Erasmus Darwin Found in: Tears Quotes,
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When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved read more

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.

by Maurice Maeterlinck Found in: Tears Quotes,
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Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

by Euripides Found in: Grief Quotes, Tears Quotes,
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Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

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The tear forgot as soon as shed,
The sunshine of the breast.

The tear forgot as soon as shed,
The sunshine of the breast.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Tears Quotes,
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Words that weep, and tears that speak.

Words that weep, and tears that speak.

by Abraham Cowley Found in: Tears Quotes,
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Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay,
And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel,
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Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay,
And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel,
I thank Thee for the gracious gift of tears!

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Found in: Tears Quotes,
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