Here are some words/pieces of writing by some great men...(such is the nature of most lovers)
...some great men of/to the women they love...
John Rolfe in writing to the governor asking for permission to wed Pocahontas who was also known as Rebecca after her baptism ''motivated not by the unbridled desire of carnal
affection, but for the good of this plantation, for
the honor of our country, for the Glory of God,
for my own salvation... namely Pocahontas, to
whom my hearty and best thoughts are, and
have been a long time so entangled, and enthralled in so intricate a labyrinth that I was even a-wearied to unwind myself thereout''...
In the romantic tragedy of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Antony loves his vain Cleopatra,despite being already married to Octavia. He abandoned her and their children for Cleopatra. They later divorced of course..
Back to my story(well according to Shakespeare), when Mark was told by Mardian; a servant of Cleo's; that she had died..he said these words
'' I will o'ertake thee, Cleopatra, and
Weep for my pardon. So it must be, for now
All length is torture: since the torch is out,
Lie down, and stray no farther: now all labour
Mars what it does; yea, very force entangles
Itself with strength: seal then, all is done.
Eros!--I come, my queen:--Eros!--Stay for me:
Where souls do couch on flowers, we'll hand in hand,
And with our sprightly port make the ghosts gaze:
Dido and AEneas shall want troops,
And all the haunt be ours. Come, Eros, Eros!''
Cleo wasnt dead, and her attempt to gain back Mark Antony's love caused both their deaths..
Read the whole play at > shakespeare.mit.edu/cleopatra/index.html
Compiled by Kui Kubai
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