Weep Not! Sigh Not!

Weep not! Tears must vainly fall,
Though they fall like rain:
Sorrow's flood shall not recall
Love's dear life again.
Vain thy tears,
Vain thy sobs;
As vain heart-throbs
Of lonely years
Since thou Love hast slain.

Sigh not! As a passed wind
Is but sought in vain,
Sighs, nor groans, may not unbind
Death's unbroken chain.
Sighs and tears
Nought avail;
Nor cheeks grown pale
In lonely years.
Love comes not again.