I water my couch with tears. — Comp. Odyssey, xvii. 102:
“Say, to my mournful couch shall I ascend?
The couch deserted now a length of years,
The couch for ever watered with my tears.” —
Pope’s trans.
Orientals indulge in weeping and other outward signs of emotion, which Western nations, or, at all events, the Teutonic races, try to suppress or hide.