Quote#Heart
Oh who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried
Quote byLord Byron · 1788–1824
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Corsair (1814), Canto I, stanza 1; this can be compared to: "To all nations their empire will be dreadful, because their ships will sail wherever billows roll or winds can waft them", Dalrymple, Memoirs, vol. iii, p. 152; "Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow", Charles Churchill, The Fare.
English (original)
Oh who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried.
— Lord Byron
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When we two parted In silence and tears, Half brokenhearted, To sever for years.
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Because He is all-powerful, must all-good, too, follow? I judge but by the fruits—and they are bitter— Which I must feed on for a fault not mine.
I only know we loved in vain; I only feel — farewell! farewell!
In secret we met In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years,