| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Weep Not! Sigh Not! |
| | | William James Linton (1812–97) |
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| WEEP not! tears must vainly fall, | |
| Though they fall like rain: | |
| Sorrow’s flood shall not recall | |
| Love ’s dear life again. | |
| Vain thy tears, | 5 |
| Vain thy sobs; | |
| As vain heart-throbs | |
| Of lonely years | |
| Since thou Love hast slain. | |
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| Sigh not! As a passed wind | 10 |
| Is but sought in vain, | |
| Sighs nor groans may not unbind | |
| Death’s unbroken chain. | |
| Sighs and tears | |
| Nought avail, | 15 |
| Nor cheeks grown pale | |
| In lonely years. | |
| Love comes not again. | |
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