Tears are the silent language of grief

Tears are the silent language of grief

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

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.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

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.

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

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

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

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.