Poems (Charlotte Allen)/The Tear Sigh and Smile
THE TEAR, SIGH, AND SMILE.
I saw a tear within thine eye, It trembled 'neath the lid,Till fuller, larger, it became, Then dropped at feeling's bid.
No word was spoken, all was still, I watched the pearl drops rise,And vainly wished I could define The language of thine eyes.
A sigh arose from sorrow's fount, (Sighs are a great relief;)Those glist'ning gems then passed away, Thy agony was brief.
A smile soon played upon thy brow, The sunshine of the heart;But still a trace of grief was there, It did not all depart.
Thus tears and sighs with smiles unite, To breathe the soul's revealing;Those trio sisters, feeling's band, Know not the art—concealing.