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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!
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!
Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.
Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.
Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.
Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.
And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]
A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
