Stanza 10.
The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers http://www.poetry-archive.com/h/landing_of_the_pilgrim_fathers.html (1826)
“Where there is sorrow there is holy ground.”
De Profundis (1897)
Variant: Where there is no love there is no understanding.
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Oscar Wilde 812
Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
“Self growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no higher investment.”
Source: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), p. 62
“To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.”
“The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.”
To an Afflicted Protestant Lady.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Stanza 3.
1710s, Psalm 98 "Joy to the World!" (1719)
“I find a way to ground myself, literally by using the ground of places near where I live.”
Susan Olding Interview (February 23, 2010)