angel's tears
Britishnoun
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There the angel’s tears bond with the visitor’s fear, awe.
From The New Yorker
From the angel’s tears of pity fell: Poor man will have cause to rue, they said; St. Ignatius inherits Hell.
From Project Gutenberg
Unfortunately he was detected and executed the next morning by order of Sir William Howe under circumstances of fiendish barbarity that left a black spot upon the escutcheon of that proud officer that time or angel's tears can never expunge.
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Arcade embraced him, and Maurice felt the angel's tears as they dropped upon his cheek.
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Her tears and her prayers echoed through the dark void that surrounded the tormented captive soul, and the unexpected mercy was obtained for it through an angel's tears.
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