We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!

We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

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.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

There is a tear for all who die,
A mourner o'er the humblest grave.
- Lord read more

There is a tear for all who die,
A mourner o'er the humblest grave.
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be
That this low breath is gone from me,
And gone read more

And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be
That this low breath is gone from me,
And gone my bier ye come to weep,
Let One, most loving of you all,
Say, "Not a tear must o'er her fall;
He giveth His beloved sleep."