Born Quote by William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell

We wept when we were born though all around us smiled; so shall we smile when we die while all around us weep.

— Charles Spurgeon

When summoned hence to thine eternal sleep, Oh, may'st thou smile while all around thee weep.

— Charles Wesley

“Oh, dry the glistening tear that dues that marshal cheek Thy loving childern here in them thy comfort seek With sympathetic care their arms…

— W.S. Gilbert

All thy old woes shall now smile on thee, and thy pains sit bright on thee. All thy sorrows here shall shine and thy…

— Richard Crashaw

Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;When thou art old there's grief enough for thee.

— Robert Greene

“Rush under His arm And feel the calm A touch of grace From His loving embrace Be still my child, He whispered softly I…

— Maisie A. Smikle

“I wept and wept Till my tears met the knees And knees met the ground Where stood a cross There I found my God”

— Noel Gurung

Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.

— Theodore L. Cuyler

“    All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow,   All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing,   All the dull,…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“We weep for gladness, weep for grief; The tears they are the same; We sigh for longing, and relief; The sighs have but one…

— George MacDonald

O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep; Thou bearest angels to us in the night, Saints out of heaven with palms. Seen by…

— Jean Ingelow