Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

The tear forgot as soon as shed,
The sunshine of the breast.

The tear forgot as soon as shed,
The sunshine of the breast.

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

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.

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

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

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

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

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

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

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

Words that weep, and tears that speak.

Words that weep, and tears that speak.