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Text:Dews and Tears
Author:Sarah F. Adams

335. Dews and Tears

Gently fall the dews of eve,
Raising still the languid flowers;
Sweetly flow the tears that grieve
O’er a mourner’s stricken hours.

Blessed dews and tears that yet
Lift us nearer unto heaven!
Let us still His praise repeat,
Who in mercy all hath given.

Text Information
First Line: Gently fall the dews of eve
Title: Dews and Tears
Author: Sarah F. Adams
Meter: 7s. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1866
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