WOMAN'S TEARS.
The fountain of a woman's tears Lies closer to her heart than man's. She lives by moments, he by years ; She, pities where he looks askance. First she to act the Christian part, Keener to feel for grief and pain ; Perchance it is because her heart Is less a stranger to her brain. Howbeit—'tis womanly to weep, And her sweet, sudden tears oft shame Our better selves from torpid sleep To win a purer, nobler name. Dear, tender, tear-dimmed, woman eyes ! How oft your tender, pitying tears Have lifted from us, garment-wise, The pent-up bitterness of years! How oft your tears in some dark day, Down dropping, sweet as scented thyme, On our rough hearts, have kiseed away The stain of some intended crime ! —Robert Ogden Fowler, in Brooklyn Magazine.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2274, 5 February 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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132WOMAN'S TEARS. Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2274, 5 February 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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