Never a tears bedims the eye
That time and patience will not dry.

Never a tears bedims the eye
That time and patience will not dry.

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

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

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.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

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.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life read more

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.

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

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

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.