by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
The joy of grief See original
Language: English
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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.
Composition:
- Set to music by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "The joy of grief", 1926, stanza 4 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, written 1849, appears in In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 27, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 101