Quote#Sadness
The loveless are the unblest
Quote byEllen Russell Emerson · 1837–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1865), "One Summer Day", st. 4.
English (original)
The loveless are the unblest, Frosts transfix their grief, Like a wreck on a reef.
— Ellen Russell Emerson
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