Quote#Heart
When life leaps in the veins, when it beats in the heart
Quote byRobert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton · 1831–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lucile (1860), Part ii, canto i, section v. Ellipsis in original..
English (original)
When life leaps in the veins, when it beats in the heart, When it thrills as it fills every animate part, Where lurks it? How works it?.. we scarcely detect it.
— Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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