Chapter 13 No.13

Tears are not always fruitful; their hot drops

Sometimes but scorch the cheek and dim the eye;

Despairing murmurs over blackened hopes,

Not the meek spirit's calm and chastened cry.

Oh, better not to weep, than weep amiss!

For hard it is to learn to weep aright;

To weep wise tears, the tears that heal and bless,

The tears which