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    What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain?
    The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,
    That starts at once--bright pure--from Pity's mine,
    Already polish'd by the hand divine!

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Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

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What precious drops are those,
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamonds in their read more

What precious drops are those,
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?

by John Dryden Found in: Tears Quotes,
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Words that weep, and tears that speak.

Words that weep, and tears that speak.

by Abraham Cowley Found in: Tears Quotes,
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A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]

A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]

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Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Tears Quotes,
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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.

by Seneca Found in: Tears Quotes,
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We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!

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

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Found in: Tears Quotes,
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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.

by John Vance Cheney Found in: Tears Quotes,
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Fountains of tears.
[Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]

Fountains of tears.
[Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]

by Aeschylus Found in: Tears Quotes,
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