Prayer and Meditation

But love, first learned in women's eyes, does not live alone, walled up in the brain. No, with the agitation of all noble spirits, it streams through every power at the speed of thought. And gives every power double power, far higher than their work and their office. It lends the finest sharpness to the face. Who loves, the eye sees the eagle blindly! One knows who loves, the ear hears the faintest sound. Anyone who has ever lived in the poor of love can never become poor in life.

And if he were to die far away, alone, he still felt the blessed hour when he lived at her mouth, and even in death she is his. I don't love the dog trot of everyday traffic. Love the surging up and down of the raging ocean. I love, which is serious art, eternal science, which is love, the sacred favor of heaven, which is gigantic earthly power. The man fills my whole inner being with force and spiritual greatness. Exulting with pride I then reveal my nakedness to him, exulting with happiness.

Extraordinary Wedding

I knew a glittering pearl, it seemed wonderful to me. But when I held it in my hand, it was just a pebble. I plucked a red rose, delicate as spring's breath, but when I adorned my bosom with it. Also a heart, a heart was sent to me, I believed it lovingly. But when I tied the heart to mine, it was cold as ice without feeling.

Two eyes to see you, two ears to hear you, two arms to hold you. And, alas, to kiss you, only one mouth, o lovely! I don't like that at all! I had died of the bliss of love. Was buried in her arms and was awakened by her kisses. I saw heaven in her eyes.