If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

There is a tear for all who die,
A mourner o'er the humblest grave.
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There is a tear for all who die,
A mourner o'er the humblest grave.
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),

What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain?
The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,
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What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain?
The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,
That starts at once--bright pure--from Pity's mine,
Already polish'd by the hand divine!

We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!

We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!

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

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