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vision—which has been kept far from us—it may be, overvalued by us! We have suffered so much thou and I! . . . because of what never could be! We shall be all the happier now for what is real for us. . . I love thee, as thou lovest me. I have found, as thou hast found, 'the friendship which is love, the love which is friendship.' . . . Come then, O friend! O brother, to our rest! Thy heart on mine, thy soul with mine! For us two it surely is . . . Rest!"
"Truth? What is truth? Two human hearts
Wounded by men, by fortune tried.
Outwearied with their lonely parts,
Vow to beat henceforth side by side."[1]
The end.
- ↑ Matthew Arnold
