Lovely in death the beauteous ruin lay; And if in death still lovely, lovelier there; Far lovelier! pity swells the tide of love.
Edward Young
Love
Lovely in death the beauteous ruin lay; And if in death still lovely, lovelier there; Far lovelier! pity swells the tide of love.
Edward Young
Night Thoughts. Night iii. Line 104.
Recorded in John Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, 1905 printing.