beethoven's love letter

mo and i concluded our date night by watching sex and the city. ah. i am almost embarassed to admit that it was my first chance to see the movie! insane. i know. but that is besides the matter - i wanted to post about the letter from which big speaks the lines 'ever thine, ever mine, ever ours' from. i wanted to look the letter up and read it in it's entirety. the art of writing love letters and the way beethoven is able to speak his feelings and emotions so eloquently really amazes me. do people write like this anymore?! maybe it is a lost art. but i suppose it's worth it not to give up hope on it all.

The Third Letter - By: Ludwig van Beethoven
((from Immortal Beloved))

Good morning, on July 7
Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us - I can live only wholly with you or not at all - Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits - Yes, unhappily it must be so - You will be the more contained since you know my fidelity to you. No one else can ever possess my heart - never - never - Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves. And yet my life in V is now a wretched life - Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men - At my age I need a steady, quiet life - can that be so in our connection? My angel, I have just been told that the mailcoach goes every day - therefore I must close at once so that you may receive the letter at once - Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together - Be calm - love me - today - yesterday - what tearful longings for you - you - you - my life - my all - farewell. Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.
ever thine
ever mine
ever ours

*** you can find the entire letter here - it's worth the read. well i sure did enjoy it.***