What precious drops are those,
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamonds in their read more

What precious drops are those,
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

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

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

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

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

Words that weep, and tears that speak.

Words that weep, and tears that speak.

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.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.