 Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.  The Princess: A Medley - Page 72by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...But if we could see and hear, thrs Vision — were it not He? TEARS, IDLE TEARS Tears, idle tears, 1 know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some...happy autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that arc no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail. That brings our friends up from the underworld,... | |
 | Clinton M. Marsh - Religion - 1998 - 156 pages
...us to "weep with those who weep" (Rom. 12:15). Tears flow unsummoned, as Tennyson wrote: Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Princess) Jeremiah was agonizing over the nation when he cried: "O that... | |
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