Quote#Speech
For the strife of Love's the abysmal strife
Quote byWilliam Ernest Henley · 1849–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hawthorn and Lavender (1901), XXI.
English (original)
For the strife of Love's the abysmal strife, And the word of Love is the Word of Life.And they that go with the Word unsaid, Though they seem of the living, are damned and dead.
— William Ernest Henley
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