Tears, Idle Tears
"Tears, Idle Tears" on viktoriaanliku poeedi Alfred, Lord Tennysoni (1809–1892) 1847. aastal avaldatud luuletus.                  "Tears, Idle Tears"    Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.    Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.    Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns The earliest pipe of half-awaken'd birds To dying ears, when unto dying eyes The casement slowly grows a glimmering square; So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.    Dear as remembered kisses after death, And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more. Nõukogude ajal oli luuletus (kärbitud kujul, 2. lõiguta) inglise keele süvaõppega keskkoolide inglise kirjanduse õppekavas.