Themes · 1832
My eyes are full of tears, my heart of love, My heart is breaking, and my eyes are dim, And I am all aweary of my life.
— Alfred Tennyson · Oenone
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An editorial interpretation.
Tears and love occupy the same person at the same time. The repeated movement between eyes and heart makes sorrow feel both emotional and physical. Affection has not disappeared, but it now exists alongside exhaustion, so loving deeply offers no easy protection against suffering.
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