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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.
We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!
We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
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.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.
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No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.
Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn,
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,
Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows
Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.
Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
