She never dies, but lasteth In life of lover’s heart; He ever dies that wasteth In love his chiefest part.
ATTRIBUTION:
Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), British poet. Who Hath His Fancy Pleased (l. 9–12). . .
Poets of the English Language, Vols. I–V. Vol. I: Langland to Spenser; Vol. II: Marlowe to Marvell; Vol. III: Milton to Goldsmith; Vol. IV: Blake to Poe; Vol. V: Tennyson to Yeats. W. H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson, eds. (1950) The Viking Press.
