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."

So bright the tear in Beauty's eye,
Love half regrets to kiss it dry.

So bright the tear in Beauty's eye,
Love half regrets to kiss it dry.

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

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

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

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

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

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

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.

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.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.