Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

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.

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

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

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved read more

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.

The tear forgot as soon as shed,
The sunshine of the breast.

The tear forgot as soon as shed,
The sunshine of the breast.

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.