Weep, daughter of a royal line, <br />A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay; <br />Ah! happy if each tear of thine <br />Could wash a father's fault away! <br /> <br />Weep--for thy tears are Virtue's tears <br />Auspicious to these suffering isles; <br />And be each drop in future years <br />Repaid thee by thy people's smiles!<br /><br />George Gordon Byron<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lines-to-a-lady-weeping/
