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.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

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.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Never a tears bedims the eye
That time and patience will not dry.

Never a tears bedims the eye
That time and patience will not dry.

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.

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.