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Re: a question about love
Re: a question about love
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Posted by Matches on August 19, 1999 at 00:29:52:
In Reply to: a question about love posted by Amy on August 18, 1999 at 19:49:37:
I'm not quite sure that I know what you mean by "losing yourself in someone," but perhaps this may prove some insight..... Only--but this is rare--
When a beloved hand is laid in ours,
When, jaded with the rush and glare
Of the interminable hours,
Our eyes can in another's eyes read clear,
When our world-deafen'd ear
Is by the tones of a loved voice caress'd--
A bolt is shot back somewhere in our breast,
And a lost pulse of feeling stirs again.
The eye sinks inward, and the heart lies plain,
And what we mean, we say, and what we would, we know.
A man becomes aware of his life's flow,
And hears its winding murmur; and he sees
The meadows where it glides, the sun, the breeze.
I beleive that when there is love between two people, they make each other see themselves more than they could on their own. We feel we know ourselves so much, "but hardly have we, for one little hour / Been on our own line, have we been ourselves-- Hardly had skill to utter one of all / the nameless feelings that course through our breast." With love, there are no secrets, nor are there reasons for them. Fours may be "addicted to love" because love is one of the best paths to self-understanding.
Hope that's worth your while....
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Matches.. (with an assist from Matthew Arnold)
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:How do you figure you can tell the difference between loving someone and losing yourself in someone? I know fours are known for being "addicted to love" so I thought maybe you guys would have some thoughts on the subject.
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