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“Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears; Are they wet Even yet With the thought of other years?”

Years Eye Tears Sweet Wet Violet

Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)

“Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life; Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign, Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife, And so turns wine to water back again.”

Art Turns Water Tears Sweet Fairs Crosses Wine Reign Strife Wrath Foe Back Again End Of Life

Book:The Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems

Source: The Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems

“The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.”

Joy Stars Tears Sweet Dew

Book:Festus: a poem

Source: Festus: a poem

“Scarcely a tear to shed; Hardly a word to say; The end of a Summer's day; Sweet Love is dead.”

Ends Love Is Tears Sweet Summer Shed Sweet Love

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“Man makes one journey all his living days, Down through the realms of music and of art; Down through the halls of fame and glorious praise; Down through the tears and triumphs of the heart To some sweet woman waiting some place there. For her he builds his cities and makes war, Seeks gold and glorious wealth to store.”

Men Heart Art War Waiting Women Wealth Cities Journey Tears Sweet Fame Gold Praise Stores Triumph Realms Glorious Halls Men Women Hall Of Fame

Author:John Updike

“Food serves two parallel purposes: it nourishes and it helps you remember. Eating and storytelling are inseparable-the saltwater is also tears; the honey not only tastes sweet, but makes us think of sweetness; the matzo is the bread of our affliction.”

Thinking Two Helping Remember Purpose Tears Sweet Taste Eating Bread Storytelling Vegetarian Vegan Honey Affliction Sweetness Parallels Inseparable

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.”

Running Joy Difficult Feet Tears Sweet Taste Drawing Honey Difficult Days

Author:James Whitcomb Riley

“O happy, happy morning! O dear, familiar place! / O warm, sweet tears of Heaven, fast falling on my face! / O well-remembered, rainy wind, blow all my care away, / That I may be a child again this blissful morn of May.”

Wells May Children Care Faces Fall Heaven Morning Tears Sweet Wind Dear Blow Warm Familiar Remembered Rainy Happy Morning Familiar Places

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I hear a song that has a sweet melody, I'm a sucker for it, whether it's Linkin Park or Little Richard.”

Ifs Littles Young Song Fans Tears Emotional Sweet Spring Parks Melody Melancholy Sucker Rite Linkin Park

Author:Dave Grohl

“... when he saw her sitting there all alone, so young, and good, and beautiful, and kind to him; and heard her thrilling voice, so natural and sweet, and such a golden link between him and all his life's love and happiness, rising out of the silence; he turned his face away, and hid his tears.”

Source: The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens: 20 Illustrated Classics in One Volume: Oliver Twist, The Pickwick Papers, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield…

“Mothers are the place that we call home. On them we rest our heads and close our eyes. There's no one else who grants the same soft peace, happiness, contentment, sweet release, erasing righttime tears with lullabies, restoring the bright sun that makes us bloom.”

Home Eye Mother Sun Tears Sweet Release Contentment Grants Restoring Lullaby

Author:Nick Gordon

“You and I are now nearly in middle age, and have not yet become soured and shrivelled with the wear and tear of life. Let us pray to be delivered from that condition where life and nature have no fresh, sweet sensations for us.”

Life Age Middle Conditions Tears Sweet Praying Sensations Middle Ages

Author:James A. Garfield

“Weep not, sweet queen, for trickling tears are vain.”

Tears Sweet Vain Queens

Book:Second Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V

Source: Second Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V

“Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation's tears in shoulder blades.”

Two Running Night Rich Creation Tears Sweet Shoulders Ice Poetry Is Leafs Blades Cracked Peas Nightingales Sweet Peas

Author:Boris Pasternak

“And he sang to them, now in the Elven tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.”

Heart Pain Together Joy Tears Sweet Speech Flow Wine West Delight Tongue Regions Wounded Blessedness Sweet Words

Book:The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King

Source: The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King

“She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on.”

“O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, to drown me in thy sister’s flood of tears.”

Tears Sweet Train Notes Flood Mermaid

Book:The plays of William Shakspeare...

Source: The plays of William Shakspeare...

“Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain.”

Long Moments Character Pain Joy Mother Father Lost Pleasure Grief Tears Sweet Broken Sacred Embrace Bitter Cups Solemn Recollection Orphan Sisters And Mothers Joy And Grief

Book:Oliver Twist

Source: Oliver Twist

“Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet. *Here’s what love is: a smoke made out of lovers' sighs. When the smoke clears, love is a fire burning in your lover’s eyes. If you frustrate love, you get an ocean made out of lovers' tears. What else is love? It’s a wise form of madness. It’s a sweet lozenge that you choke on.*”

Ifs Made Eye Form Love Is Fire Wise Sea Love You Tears Sweet Lovers Ocean Madness Raised Burning Smoke Sigh Choke Sparkling Discreet Fire Burning Lovers Eyes

Author:William Shakespeare

“I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had flung A shadow across me.”

Years Turns My Own Vision Saws Tears Sweet Shadow Melancholy My Own Life

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears; what is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall, and a preserving sweet.”

Eye Love Is Fire Sea Tears Sweet Lovers Madness Smoke Sigh Choke Sparkling Discreet Romeo And Juliet Love Vex Lovers Eyes

Book:The plays of William Shakespeare

Source: The plays of William Shakespeare

“So sweet was ne'er so fatal. I must weep. But they are creul tears. This sorrow's heavenly; it strikes where it doth love.”

Tears Sweet Sorrow Strikes Heavenly

Author:William Shakespeare

“Aunt Petunia burst into tears. Hestia Jones gave her an approving look that changed to outrage as Aunt Petunia ran forward and embraced Dudley rather than Harry. 'S-so sweet, Dudders...' she sobbed into his massive chest. 'S-such a lovely b-boy...s-saying thank you...' 'But he hadn't said thank you at all!' said Hestia indignantly. 'He only said he didn't think Harry was a waste of space!' 'Yeah, but coming from Dudley that's like "I love you.”

Thinking Looks Said Space Boys Love You Changed Tears Sweet Waste Yeah Lovely Ran Massive Chests Aunt Outrage Saying Thank You Approving Petunias Waste Of Space Hestia

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.”

People Humans Two Dream Dies Names Tears Sweet Human Life Egypt Sigh Insignificant Syllables Lotuses

Author:Anita Diament

“Tiffany knew what the problem was immediately. She'd seen it before, at birthday parties. Her brother was suffering from tragic sweet deprivation. Yes, he was surrounded by sweets. But the moment he took any sweet at all, said his sugar-addled brain, that meant he was not taking all the rest. And there were so many sweets he'd never be able to eat them all. It was too much to cope with. The only solution was to burst into tears.”

Said Moments Problem Able Suffering Party Brain Too Much Tears Sweet Brother Solutions Tragic Sugar Deprivation Birthday Party Tiffany Aching

Author:Terry Pratchett