Tears, Idle Tears

Lyrics

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes In looking on the happy Autumn fields And thinking of the days that are no more Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail That brings our friends up from the underworld Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, thе days that are no more