Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

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

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

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Tears are the silent language of grief

Tears are the silent language of grief

The tears fall, they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from read more

The tears fall, they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from my heart?

And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

Thank God for grace,
Ye who weep only! If, as some have done,
Ye grope tear-blinded in read more

Thank God for grace,
Ye who weep only! If, as some have done,
Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place
And touch but tombs,--look up! Those tears will run
Soon in long rivers down the lifted face,
And leave the vision clear for stars and sun.

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!

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.