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First Line: Let thy tears, le vayer, let them flow
Last Line: -- surely these claim immitigable [or, eternity of] tears!
Alternate Author Name(s): Poquelin, Jean Baptiste
Subject(s): Death - Children; Mothe Le Vayer, Francois De La; Death - Babies


LET thy tears flow, LE VAYER, let them flow: --
None of scant cause thy sorrowing can accuse,
Since, losing that which thou for aye dost lose,
E'en the most wise might find a ground for woe.

Vainly we strive with precepts to forego
The drops of pity that are Pity's dues;
And Nature's self, indignant, doth refuse
To count for fortitude that heartless show.

No grief, alas! can now bring back again
The son too dear, by Death untimely ta'en;
Yet, not the less, his loss is hard to bear,
Graced as he was by all the world reveres,
Large heart, keen wit, a lofty soul and rare, --
-- Surely these claim immitigable [or, eternity of] tears!






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