Quote#Happiness
My fond affection thou hast seen
Quote byThomas Haynes Bayly · 1797–1839
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To my Wife, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret To think more happy thou hadst been If we had never met.
— Thomas Haynes Bayly
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