tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193821.post483561397301897774..comments2024-03-25T16:57:17.825-05:00Comments on Bostonmaggie: The Beauty Of A Love LetterBostonMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298341600851300309noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193821.post-50358271157142485452008-09-29T07:46:00.000-05:002008-09-29T07:46:00.000-05:00When Chris was deployed in '06, he was excited to ...When Chris was deployed in '06, he was excited to write letters to me and to receive them from me. I asked, "But you'll have email, right?" He said yes, but there's nothing like the written word. This is a man who had deployed previously as a Marine historian after all. I have a huge stack of letters (as does he) from that deployment and I'll cherish them forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193821.post-60908048354946746882008-09-26T23:20:00.000-05:002008-09-26T23:20:00.000-05:00I don't have a letter to share, but I will share a...I don't have a letter to share, but I will share a love poem from my favorite author, if you don't mind:<BR/><BR/><B>Stella's Birth-Day</B><BR/>MARCH 13, 1718-19<BR/><BR/><I>Stella this day is thirty-four,<BR/>(We shan't dispute a year or more:)<BR/>However, Stella, be not troubled,<BR/>Although thy size and years are doubled<BR/>Since first I saw thee at sixteen,<BR/>The brightest virgin on the green;<BR/>So little is thy form declined;<BR/>Made up so largely in thy mind.</I><BR/><BR/><I>O, would it please the gods to split<BR/>Thy beauty, size, and years, and wit!<BR/>No age could furnish out a pair<BR/>Of nymphs so graceful, wise, and fair;<BR/>With half the lustre of your eyes,<BR/>With half your wit, your years, and size.<BR/>And then, before it grew too late,<BR/>How should I beg of gentle fate,<BR/>(That either nymph might have her swain,)<BR/>To split my worship too in twain.</I><BR/><BR/>~~Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)Stella by Starlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385761338190877425noreply@blogger.com