The Soul Of A Century/What's a tear?
WHAT’S A TEAR?
What’s a tear? It is a splendid garnet
Shining through the night with mystic light,
With its glare destroying night’s deep shadows
Whose oppresive fears it puts to flight.
What’s a tear? It is a cooling dew drop
A hemlock’s burning leaf so oft collects,
Yet this dew drop, like an ocean billow,
The splendor of the skies above reflects.
What’s a tear? It is a milky path-way,
A silvery light steeped in the skies’ blue flame,
In its facets linger lights uncounted,
Countless, timeless lights without a name.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) between 1929 and 1977 (inclusive) without a copyright notice. The longest-living author of this work died in 1987, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 36 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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