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Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.
And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
 We look through gloom and storm-drift
 Beyond the years:
  The soul would have no rainbow
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 We look through gloom and storm-drift
 Beyond the years:
  The soul would have no rainbow
   Hard the eyes no tears. 
I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.
I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.
Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.
Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.
Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.
Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.
 So bright the tear in Beauty's eye,
 Love half regrets to kiss it dry.  
 So bright the tear in Beauty's eye,
 Love half regrets to kiss it dry. 
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.