Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TEARS OF HEAVEN, by ALFRED TENNYSON


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First Line: Heaven weeps above the earth all night
Last Line: Smiles on the earth's worn brow to win her if she may.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise


HEAVEN weeps above the earth all night till morn,
In darkness weeps as all ashamed to weep,
Because the earth hath made her state forlorn
With self-wrought evil of unnumbered years,
And doth the fruit of her dishonor reap.
And all the day heaven gathers back her tears
Into her own blue eyes so clear and deep,
And showering down the glory of lightsome day,
Smiles on the earth's worn brow to win her if she may.







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