Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) English poet
Stanza 10. <br class="br"> 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.”
— Oscar Wilde, book De Profundis
De Profundis (1897)
Variant: Where there is no love there is no understanding.
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