Quote#Love
Is it, in Heav'n, a crime to love too well?
Quote byAlexander Pope · 1688–1744
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady, Line 6.
English (original)
Is it, in Heav'n, a crime to love too well? To bear too tender, or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part? Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die?
— Alexander Pope
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