#PoetryMatters Day 9: #Tear
“Tears, Idle Tears” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892
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Along my weary whiskers
The tears flow fast and free,
They twinkle in the Arctic
And plop into the sea.
Alas! my weary whiskers!
Alas! my tearfulness!
I wish I could remember
The cause of my distress.
- "I Wish I Could Remember", poem and painting by Mervyn Peake
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