There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.

The lines dwell on a particular kind of suffering: not pain in isolation, but pain sharpened by contrast. “The pang of change” suggests a transition—loss, exile, reversal of fortune, or the end of a relationship—where the mind cannot help measuring the present against what came before. The final phrase, “Unhappiness remembering happiness,” captures how memory can intensify grief: recollection turns into a torment because it keeps the lost good vividly present while confirming it is no longer attainable. The thought is characteristically tragic in Euripidean terms, emphasizing psychological realism and the cruel irony that what once consoled (happy memories) can become a source of anguish after circumstances shift.