| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6777 |
| AUTHOR: | Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (18091892) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Princess. Part iv. Line 21. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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