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Jean Ingelow on Sadness

1820–1897 England

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Sorrows humanize our race;
Tears are the showers that fertilize this world.

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth
My old sorrow wakes and cries.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean Ingelow (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.