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TEARES ARE TONGUES by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: WHEN JULIA CHID, I STOOD AS MUTE THE WHILE
Last Line: THE EYES BY TEARS SPEAK, WHILE THE TONGUE IS MUTE.
Subject(s): TEARS;
When Julia chid, I stood as mute the while,
As is the fish, or tonguelesse Crocadile.
Aire coyn'd to words, my Julia co'd not heare;
But she co'd see each eye to stamp a teare:
By which, mine angry Mistresse might descry,
Teares are the noble language of the eye.
And when true love of words is destitute,
The Eyes by tears speak, while the Tongue is mute.



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