Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
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Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all from "In Memoriam A.H.H." by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
It are the most frequently quoted lines of the poem:
- I hold it true, whate'er befall;
- I feel it when I sorrow most;
- Tis better to have loved and lost
- Than never to have loved at all.
This stanza is to be found in Canto 27. The last two lines are usually taken as offering a meditation on the dissolution of a romantic relationship. However the lines actually refer to the death of the poet's beloved friend.
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