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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.
Fountains of tears.
[Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]
Fountains of tears.
[Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
Tears are words the heart can't express
Tears are words the heart can't express
Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
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.
