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Tears are words the heart can't express
Tears are words the heart can't express
Words that weep, and tears that speak.
Words that weep, and tears that speak.
Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...
Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...
She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears,
For women shed and use them at their liking;
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She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears,
For women shed and use them at their liking;
But there is something when man's eye appears
Wet, still more disagreeable and striking.
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life read more
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.
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.
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]
Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!
We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!
