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Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up
Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up
For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.
For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her 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.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!
We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
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.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
