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.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

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.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

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.

What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain?
The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,
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What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain?
The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,
That starts at once--bright pure--from Pity's mine,
Already polish'd by the hand divine!