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 Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief 
which does not speak!  
 Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief 
which does not speak! 
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
 This grief is crowned with consolation, you old smock brings 
forth a new petticoat, and indeed the tears live read more 
 This grief is crowned with consolation, you old smock brings 
forth a new petticoat, and indeed the tears live in an onion that 
should water this sorrow. 
 Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro,
 In all the raging impotence of woe.  
 Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro,
 In all the raging impotence of woe. 
 What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so 
beloved?
 [Lat., Quis desiderio read more 
 What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so 
beloved?
 [Lat., Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus
  Tam cari capitis?] 
 Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy.
 [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]  
 Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy.
 [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.] 
There is a solemn luxury in grief.
There is a solemn luxury in grief.
The only cure for grief is action.
The only cure for grief is action.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.