Tears, Idle Tears (can they take us beyond?)
Alfred, LordTennyson’s lyric “ Tears, Idle Tears ” (click Title) expresses the deepest feelings of sadness with graceful fluency. 'Idle tears', because at first the poet finds incessant tears helplessly welling up in his eyes upon seeing the bounties of autumn. The lyric wonders as to the meaning of... Sign in to see full entry.