Sorrow

"Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse."

"In omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem."

"Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it From its sad visions of the other world Than calling it at moments back to this. The busy have no time for tears."

"Ah, don't be sorrowful, darling, And don't be sorrowful, pray; Taking the year together, my dear, There isn't more night than day."

"For of Fortune's sharpe adversite, The worste kynde of infortune is this, A man to hav bent in prosperite, And it remembren whan it passed is."

"Men die, but sorrow never dies; The crowding years divide in vain, And the wide world is knit with ties Of common brotherhood in pain."

"The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown"

"Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria."

"In the bitter waves of woe, Beaten and tossed about By the sullen winds which blow From the desolate shores of doubt."

"Ach! aus dem Glück entwickelt oft sich Schmerz."

"Wer nie sein Brod mit Thränen ass, Wer nicht die kummervollen Nächte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Mächte."

"Since sorrow never comes top late, And happiness too swiftly flies."

"I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But, oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me."

"A happier lot were mine, If I must lose thee, to go down to earth, For I shall have no hope when thou art gone,— Nothing but sorrow. Father have I none, And no dear mother."

"Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave."

"Oderunt hilarem tristes tristemque jocosi."

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

"Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat."

"Our days and nights Have sorrows woven with delights."

"will you believe that I regret/being an ambassador of sorrow?"

"Day-thoughts feed nightly dreams; And sorrow tracketh wrong, As echo follows song."

"A grace within his soul hath reigned Which nothing else can bring; Thank God for all that I have gained By that high sorrowing."

"Weep on; and, as thy sorrows flow, I'll taste the luxury of woe."

"Ecoute, moribonde! Il n'est pire douleur Qu'un souvenir heureux dans les jour de malheur."

"Con dolor rimembrando il tempo lieto."

"Do not cheat thy Heart and tell her, "Grief will pass away, Hope for fairer times in future, And forget to-day." Tell her, if you will, that sorrow Need not come in vain; Tell her that the lesson taught her Far outweighs the pain."

"Die Leiden sind wie die Gewitterwolken; in der Ferne sehen sie schwartz aus, über uns kaum grau."

"Kurz ist der Schmerz, und ewig ist die Freude!"

"Quæ fuit durum pati, Miminisse dulce est."

"Curæ leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent."

"Nulla dies mærore caret."

"Each time we love, We turn a nearer and a broader mark To that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes."

"When sorrow sleepeth, wake it not, But let it slumber on."

"Time, thy name is sorrow, says the stricken Heart of life, laid waste with wasting flame Ere the change of things and thoughts requicken, Time, thy name."

"What shall be done for sorrow With love whose race is run? Where help is none to borrow, What shall be done?"

"Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her— I found more joy in sorrow Than you could find in joy."

"Smit with exceeding sorrow unto Death."

"When I was young, I said to Sorrow, "Come and I will play with thee!" He is near me now all day, And at night returns to say, "I will come again to-morrow— I will come and stay with thee.""

"Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground."

"Hang sorrow, care will kill a cat, And therefore let's be merry."

"Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been and may be again."

"So joys remembered without wish or will Sharpen the keenest edge of present ill."

"How fast we learn in the day of sorrow! Scripture shines out in a new effulgence; every verse seems to contain a sunbeam, every promise stands out in illuminated splendor; things hard to be understood become in a moment plain."

"Earth may embitter, not remove. The love divinely given; And e'en that mortal grief shall prove The immortality of love, And lead us nearer heaven."

"Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness."

"If man were sufficient for man, there would be no need for religion. If there were no evils from which man could not rescue his brother, there would be no need for a Saviour; if no sorrows under which man could not sustain his fellow man, there would be no need of a Divine Comforter. But it is a grief, a care like yours, which makes religion a reality. Carry it to the throne of grace, and see if there you do not find mercy to pardon and grace to help in time of need."

"From the very summit of his sorrows, where he had gone to die, Moses, for the first time in his life, caught a view of the land of Canaan. He did not know, as he went over the rocks, torn and weary, how lovely the prospect was from the top. In this world, it frequently happens that when man has reached the place of anguish, God rolls away the mist from his eyes, and the very spot selected as the receptacle of his tears, becomes the place of his highest rapture."

"Not till the everlasting day break, and the shadows flee away, and the Lord Himself shall be our light, and our God our glory, can we do without the cloud in the sunshine, the shade of sorrow in the bright light of joy, and the curtain of night for the deepening of the sleep which God gives His beloved."

"Vital is the relation between earthly sorrow and eternal satisfaction. The travail to which God's saints are subjected results in the birth of nobler natures and more sanctified spirits. Pain always promotes progress, and suffering invariably ensures success."

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