<P> The most frequently quoted lines in the poem are perhaps </P> <Dl> <Dd> I hold it true, whate'er befall; </Dd> <Dd> I feel it when I sorrow most; </Dd> <Dd>' Tis better to have loved and lost </Dd> <Dd> Than never to have loved at all . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> I hold it true, whate'er befall; </Dd> <Dd> I feel it when I sorrow most; </Dd>

Who wrote it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all