Tears, tears! why we weep,

’Tis worth inquiry:—that we’ve shamed a life,

Or lost a love, or missed a world, perhaps?

By no means. Simply, that we’ve walked too far,

Or talked too much, or felt the wind in the east, etc.

—Aurora Leigh.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.