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She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking; But there is something when man's eye appears Wet, still more disagreeable and striking. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Don Juan (canto V, st. 118) There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Elegiac Stanzas--On the Death of Sir Peter Parker, Bart So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), The Bride of Abydos (canto I, st. 8) A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear. - Thomas Campbell, Gertrude of Wyoming (pt. I, st. 23) For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile. - Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope (pt. I, l. 180) We look through gloom and storm-drift Beyond the years: The soul would have no rainbow Hard the eyes no tears. - John Vance Cheney, Tears Nothing dries sooner than a tear. [Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), Ad Herrenium (II, 31, 50) The sweet dew that lingered in her eye for pity's sake was--like an exhalation in the sun--dried and absorbed by love. - Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter) Here tears and sighs speak his imperfect moan, In language far more moving than his own. - Abraham Cowley Words that weep, and tears that speak. - Abraham Cowley, The Prophet (st. 2, l. 8) And the tear, that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile. - William Cowper, The Rose No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars. Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn, Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes. - Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden (pt. II, canto III, l. 459) Believe these tears, which from my wounded heart bleed at my eyes. - John Dryden The tears that stood considering in her eyes. - John Dryden What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew? - John Dryden, The Conquest of Grenada (pt. II, act III, sc. 1) Weep for love, but not for anger; a cold rain will never bring flowers. - Barry Duncan Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. - Euripides So looks the lily after a shower, while drops of rain run gently down its silken leaves, and gather sweetness as they pass. - Henry Fielding 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. - John William Fletcher, Queen of Corinth (act IV, sc. 1), not in original folio, said to be spurious How, thro' her tears, with pale and trembling radiance, The eye of beauty shines, and lights her sorrows! As rises o'er the storm some silver star, The seaman's hope, and promise of his safety. - Saint Francis of Assisi The good widow's sorrow is no storm, but a still rain; commonly it comes to pass that that grief is quickly emptied that streameth out at so large a vent, whilst their tears that but drop will hold running a long time. - Thomas Fuller (1) Those who are surly and imperious to their inferiors, are generally humble, flattering, and cringing to their superiors. - Thomas Fuller (1) The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. - Thomas Gray, Eton College (st. 5) Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears. - Thomas Gray, Progress of Poesy (III, 1, l. 12) And weep the more, because I weep in vain. - Thomas Gray, Sonnet--On the Death of Mr. West Displaying page 2 of 9 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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