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Blessed, holy mourning

The prayer of tears

No more silent cries

No more dry eyes,

No more deaf ears,

And a cold heart.

No more silent cries.

Let me receive the gift of tears.

Have mercy on me.

“In your deep floods

Drown my faults and fears;

Nor let [Your] eye

See sin, but through my tears.”

(Phineas Fletcher. 1580–1650. 222. A Litany)

Have mercy on me.

And,

Even when my eyes are dry…

...Keep my soul

In tears...