A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]

A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

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.

We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!

We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

Words that weep, and tears that speak.

Words that weep, and tears that speak.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.