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Lyric Essay Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote, “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”. Was Lord Tennyson’s statement correct? I believe the only way to understand this is to have experienced romantic heartbreak. A few years ago, I dated a special woman named Robin. This Romance did not end happily. I began dating Robin during the summer of 2003. At that time, we had been friends for about a year and a half. After we started dating, I soon realized that she was not just another girlfriend. I was a forty-six year old teenager in love. Being in love means being with a person and thinking, “This is where I belong.”. It occurs when the object of my affection occupies my first thought in the morning, and my last thought at night, every day. Being in loves means that one person’s pain makes two people cry. It also reduces the population of the universe to two people. Our romance continued into 2004. Early in the year, I began to seriously consider marriage. The matter came up a few times in our conversations. At first she seemed reluctant. However, as time passed, she seemed to open up to moving forward. Suddenly, everything changed. One morning, in early August, I received a phone call Robin. It quickly became apparent that...