Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

Tears are the silent language of grief

Tears are the silent language of grief

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.

And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be
That this low breath is gone from me,
And gone read more

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."

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of Earth, read more

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of Earth, overlaying our hard hearts.

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.