So tears run wherever repentance appears.
To weep, Adam came down to this nether world;
To sigh, moan, and groan; far from sweet Eden hurled,
From paradise shut out, from heaven driven down,
Like schoolboy in fool’s-cap, his great sin to drown.
If thou’rt seed of Adam;—if from his loins sprung;
Like him, do thou seek for God’s pardon, whilst young.90
With burnings of heart, and with moisture of eyes,
As sun and as rain, do thou sorrow’s fruit raise.
Of all the rich solace, what knowest thou of tears?