Love Never Dies... (it was not a good sequel)

Love is a dangerous thing, yet that is what makes it so amazingly beautiful.  People love others, knowing that the other must at some point die, or the people themselves will die first.  People who choose to love ensure future misery.  One cannot love another without losing him or her.  This sacrifice is what makes love so great.  The final couplet of the poem That time of year by William Shakespeare recognizes this same idea.  The initial 3 quatrains of the poem use symbols of a  bare and dying tree, fading daylight, and the glowing ashes of a fire to represent a person approaching death.  The symbol of the fire specifically portrays that death is an essential part of life.  A fire must eventually die out, and life must eventually lead to death.  Then the final couplet states: "This though perceivest; which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which though must leave ere long (lines 13,14)."  The narrator knows that the person he (or she) is addressing (his wife?...or maybe husband?) loves him, and he knows that the love is so great and powerful, because the person knows that he is approaching death and must eventually die, but is not afraid to love anyway.