“ in all this wide world there is none to love me, as I would be loved,--none whom I may love, as I am capable of loving. ”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion (1839). copy citation
| Author | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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| Source | Hyperion |
| Topic | love world |
| Date | 1839 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5436/5436-h/5436-h.htm |
Context
“"Why have I been born with all these warm affections,--these ardent longings after what is good, if they lead only to sorrow and disappointment? I would love some one;--love him once and forever;--devote myselfto him alone,--live for him,--die for him,-- exist alone in him! But alas! in all this wide world there is none to love me, as I would be loved,--none whom I may love, as I am capable of loving. How empty, how desolate, seems the world about me! Why has Heaven given me these affections, only to fall and fade!"
Alas! poor child! thou too must learn like others, that the sublime mystery of Providence goes on in silence, and gives no explanation of itself,--no answer to our impatient questionings!”
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