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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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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

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Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of Earth, read more

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of Earth, overlaying our hard hearts.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Tears Quotes,
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No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.
Not the read more

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.

by Erasmus Darwin Found in: Tears Quotes,
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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!

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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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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

by Euripides Found in: Grief Quotes, 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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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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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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