The Tear Comments

A Proud Man Slain By A Lily White Hand if tears alone when shed can unnerve most men sometimes steal a proud man's heart; then bewitched a man could surely be; if he drank the precious dew of tears fresh shed; from a gentle eye upon his knee, directly, from a lily white hand; Copyright © Terence George Craddock Inspired by the poem 'The Tear' by the poet Heinrich Heine Dedicated to the poet Henrich Heine.

if tears alone when shed can unnerve most men and sometimes steal a man's heart, then bewitched a man could surely be, if he drank the precious dew of tears fresh shed from a gentle eye upon his knee directly from a lily white hand