Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BORN OF TEARS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: A thing that's rich in tears is sweet
Last Line: Could say – 'my mother's name is tears.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Tears


A thing that's rich in tears is sweet –
No sounds in all the world are sweeter.
A robin redbreast in the fall,
The nightingale in June;
The bleating of young lambs in March,
And the violin in tune:
These are the sounds that haunt my ears,
And all of them are born of tears.

A thing that's rich in tears is fair –
No sights in all the world are fairer.
How lovely is a summer's eve
That's full of heavenly light;
When tears of joy, called shooting stars,
Run down the face of night.
While every rainbow that appears
Could say – 'My mother's name is Tears.'





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