“Never fear to weep;
For tears are summer showers to the soul,
To keep it fresh and green.”
Alfred Austin (1835–1913) British writer and poet
Source: Savonarola (1881), Candida to Valori in Act IV, sc. iv; p. 264.
“And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls,
Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.”
Oh Breathe Not His Name, st. 1. <br class="br"> Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)
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