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.

Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay,
And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel,
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Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay,
And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel,
I thank Thee for the gracious gift of tears!

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.

What precious drops are those,
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamonds in their read more

What precious drops are those,
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

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.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.