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Away! We know that tears are vain,
That death nor heeds nor hears distress;
Will this unteach us to complain(?)
Or make one mourner weep the less?
And thou who tell’st me to forget,
Thy looks are wan, thine eyes are wet.
taken from:
Palgraves Golden Treasury page 291. See "Epilogues for Youth" by J Singleton P. 30