Original artwork, not a still
In Memoriam A.H.H. • 1849
'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker holds that even a love that ends in loss is worth more than a life spared from loving. Grief is treated as the price of having felt something real, while the alternative, going through life without any attachment, is judged the poorer state.
Context reviewed
