Tears.

Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is known for his book of poems, "Hesperides," which includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." His works are noted for their clarity, simplicity, and musical quality. Herrick was also a vicar of Dean Prior in Devon, despite being ejected during the English Civil War and later reinstated.

Robert Herrick

English

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God from our eyes all tears hereafter wipes,
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The tears of saints more sweet by far
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Sorrows our portion are: ere hence we go,
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Knew'st thou one month would take thy life away,
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