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

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

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved read more

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.

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.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

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

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

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.

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.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.