'' O, there is a bliss in tears!'' ''"in tears that flow From out a heart where tender feelings dwell, That heaveth with involuntary swell Of joy or grief for others' weal or woe. The highest pleasures fortune can bestow, The proudest deeds that victory can tell, The charms that beauty weaveth in her spell, These holy, happy tears how far below! Yes, I would steal me from life's gaudy show, And seek a covert in a silent shade, And where the cheating lights of being glow, See glory after glory dimly fade, And knowing all my brighter visions o'er, Deep in my bosom's core my sorrows lay, And thence the fountains of repentance pour, Gush after gush, in purer streams away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ADAM WEIRAUCH by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 1. AT TEA by THOMAS HARDY CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE EVE by ROBERT HERRICK THE PITY OF THE LEAVES by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE TWO GLASSES by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 21. 'TIS CONSTANCY THAT GAINS THE PRIZE by PHILIP AYRES |