Sorrow. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Sorrow


The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal—every other affliction to forget; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open—this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude. Washington Irving.—The Sketch-Book: Rural Funerals.	1
If my peace hath fled away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? Edgar Allan Poe.—Dream within a Dream. To ———. (Edition of 1829.)	2
Tell me what is sorrow? It is a glowing cage. And what is joy? It is a little bird, Whose song therein is heard. Stoddard.—Sorrow and Joy.	3
Tell me what is sorrow? It is an endless sea. And what is joy? It is a little pearl, Round which the waters whirl. Stoddard.—Sorrow and Joy.	4
With silence only as their benediction, God’s angels come Where in the shadow of a great affliction, The soul sits dumb! Whittier.—To my Friend on the Death of his Sister.	5