Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the... - Alfred Lord Tennyson

"Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some devine despairRise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more."

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