Do what your heart tells you, yes, do ALL it tells you.
Remember how august it is.
It contains the temple, not only of Love
But of conscience; and a whisper is heard
From the extremity of one
To the extremity of the other...
Bend in pensiveness, even in sorrow,
To the extremity of the other...
Bend in pensiveness, even in sorrow,
On that flowery bank of youth,
Where under runs the stream that passes irreversibly!
Let the garland drop into it,
Where under runs the stream that passes irreversibly!
Let the garland drop into it,
Let the hand be refreshed by it - but -
May the beautiful feet of Aspasia stand firm...
(the letter of Pericles to Aspasia in reply to her
(the letter of Pericles to Aspasia in reply to her
request to be permitted to visit Xeniades)
