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Motives, movements and melodrama in the life of a thirty something mum.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Eloisa to Abelard*
I saw two movies this week, one starring Brad Pitt, the other with Jim Carrey. Guess which one kept me up, bawling?
Ere such a soul regains its peaceful state,
How often must it love, how often hate!
How often hope, despair, resent, regret,
Conceal, disdain--do all things but forget.
But let Heav'n seize it, all at once 'tis fir'd;
Not touch'd, but rapt; not waken'd, but inspir'd!
Oh come! oh teach me nature to subdue,
Renounce my love, my life, myself--and you.
Fill my fond heart with God alone, for he
Alone can rival, can succeed to thee.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep
*Alexander Pope, excerpts. The story of Eloisa and Abelard itself is a particularly heart-wrenching one, you can read about it here.
I saw two movies this week, one starring Brad Pitt, the other with Jim Carrey. Guess which one kept me up, bawling?
Ere such a soul regains its peaceful state,
How often must it love, how often hate!
How often hope, despair, resent, regret,
Conceal, disdain--do all things but forget.
But let Heav'n seize it, all at once 'tis fir'd;
Not touch'd, but rapt; not waken'd, but inspir'd!
Oh come! oh teach me nature to subdue,
Renounce my love, my life, myself--and you.
Fill my fond heart with God alone, for he
Alone can rival, can succeed to thee.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep
*Alexander Pope, excerpts. The story of Eloisa and Abelard itself is a particularly heart-wrenching one, you can read about it here.
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