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SUBSTITUTION by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT

First Line: THE TEARS THAT MY OWN EYES HAVE SHED
Last Line: MY ENFORCED USURY OF TEARS.
Subject(s): TEARS;
The tears that my own eyes have shed
Are few to all the tears I owe
For sin, pain, wrong, and for the dead;
Let me not cause thy tears to flow!

For thy sweet eyes can shine most bright
Without the gems that sorrow wears;
Thy radiant soul must not requite
My enforced usury of tears.



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