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Thank God, bless God, all ye who suffer not More grief than ye can weep for. That is well— That is light grieving! lighter none befel, Since Adam forfeited the primal lot. Tears! what are tears? The babe weeps in its cot, The mother singing: at her marriage bell The bride weeps: and before the oracle Of high-faned hills, the poet hath forgot That moisture on his cheeks. Commend the grace, Mourners who weep! Albeit, as some have done, Ye grope, tear-blinded, in a desert place, And touch but tombs,—look up! Those tears will run, Soon, in long rivers, down the lifted face, And leave the vision clear, for stars and sun.
Thank God, bless God, all ye who suffer not More grief than ye can weep for. That is well— That is light grieving! lighter none befel, Since Adam forfeited the primal lot. Tears! what are tears? The babe weeps in its cot, The mother singing: at her marriage bell The bride weeps: and before the oracle Of high-faned hills, the poet hath forgot That moisture on his cheeks. Commend the grace, Mourners who weep! Albeit, as some have done, Ye grope, tear-blinded, in a desert place, And touch but tombs,—look up! Those tears will run, Soon, in long rivers, down the lifted face, And leave the vision clear, for stars and sun.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Miss Barrett (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 590 · printed citation: Miss Barrett · subject: TEARS
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