Thank you for the quote. Here is the verse in full…

In Memoriam AHH, Tennyson

  I envy not in any moods
  The captive void of noble rage,
  The linnet born within the cage,
  That never knew the summer woods:

  I envy not the beast that takes
  His license in the field of time,
  Unfetter'd by the sense of crime,
  To whom a conscience never wakes;

  Nor, what may count itself as blest,
  The heart that never plighted troth
  But stagnates in the weeds of sloth;
  Nor any want-begotten rest.

  I hold it true, whate'er befall;
  I feel it when I sorrow most;
  Tis better to have loved and lost
  Than never to have loved at all.

Heart attacks are not painless. And no death is painless for the surviving family.

(I guess at least 2 people who downvoted this disagree with one or both statements. Would be nice to know which one.)