None are so desolate but something dear,
Dearer than self, possesses or possessed
A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.


Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–18) canto 2, st. 24


None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possessed A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.

None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possessed A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.

None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possessed A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.

None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possessed A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.