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.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

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

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

Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan,
Sorrow calls no time that's gone:
Violets plucked the sweetest read more

Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan,
Sorrow calls no time that's gone:
Violets plucked the sweetest rain
Makes not fresh nor grow again.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

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

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

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

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.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.