tear/tears

Draw still closer, with the rev'rence born of love and holy fear; Look into those tender eyes which have been dimmed with human tear— Tears in which ye see a glory hidden from th' Angelic powers; Ours alone the state that caused them, their beauty then alone is ours.

But at his last words she saw—the strangest thing—to be where she saw it—a tear—tears—standing in his eyes; saw them a moment, and then could see them no more for her own.

Neither shed a tear; tears would have been heavenly refreshment, but they would not come.