Robert Southey: They sin who tell us Love can die: With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity, In Heaven Ambition canno

They sin who tell us Love can die: With life all other passions fly, All others — Robert Southey

They sin who tell us Love can die: With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity, In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell.

Robert Southey

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