Quote#Heart
How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start
Quote byEliza Cook · 1812–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Old Dobbin", st. 16. Melaia, &c. (1840) p. 82.
English (original)
How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start When Memory plays an old tune on the heart.
— Eliza Cook
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