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- William Shakespeare. To my Dearest [Recipient’s Name], When I behold thee, my heart doth skip, much like a joyful lamb in spring. Thy beauty, so radiant, outshines the morning sun, and thy voice, more melodious than the nightingale’s song.
- Frida Kahlo. Mi Amor, In every brushstroke, in every hue and shade, there you are, interwoven into my very soul. Our love, though punctuated with pain and fervor, is the canvas upon which I paint my reality.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Dearest [Recipient’s Name], Every note I compose, every melody I craft, is but an echo of the song that plays in my heart when I think of you.
- Jane Austen. My Dearest [Recipient’s Name], In the vast landscape of life, with its trials and tribulations, its joys and sorrows, it is your image that remains steadfast in my heart.
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- Allen Ginsburg to poet Peter Orlovsky: Dear Petey: O Heart O Love everything is suddenly turned to gold! Don’t be afraid don’t worry the most astounding beautiful thing has happened here!
- Frida Kahlo to Diego Rivera: Diego: Truth is, so great, that I wouldn’t like to speak, or sleep, or listen, or love. To feel myself trapped, with no fear of blood, outside time and magic, within your own fear, and your great anguish, and within the very beating of your heart.
- Oscar Wilde to Lord Alred “Bosie” Douglas (Wilde’s eventual muse): My Own Boy, Your sonnet is quite lovely, and it is a marvel that those red rose-leaf lips of yours should be made no less for the madness of music and song than for the madness of kissing.
- Eleanor Roosevelt to Lorena Hickok (Eleanor’s long-speculated lover): Hick, darling. Ah, how good it was to hear your voice. It was so inadequate to try and tell you what it meant.
- 1790s – General Napoleon Bonaparte To Joséphine Bonaparte. General Napoleon Bonaparte is known for his military prowess and the large empire he built following the French Revolution.
- 1812 – Ludwig van Beethoven to his Immortal Beloved. The intended recipient of this famous letter has long been the subject of speculation. What is not questioned is the passion of Beethoven’s words.
- 1890s – Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas. The poet Oscar Wilde was inspired by his passionate and tumultuous love for Lord Alfred Douglas, who was an undergraduate at Oxford at the time of their meeting.
- 1920s to 1930s – Zelda Fitzgerald to F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Fitzgeralds wrote a great deal of wonderful letters to one another over the course of their tumultuous relationship.
- 803 VOTES. Civil War Major Sullivan Ballou Penned A Final Letter To His Wife Two Weeks Before He Was Killed In Battle. When Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers after the Battle of Fort Sumter kicked off the Civil War, attorney Sullivan Ballou joined the cause.
- 744 VOTES. Johnny Cash’s Birthday Letter To June Carter Is Surprisingly Relatable. Country music legend Johnny Cash married June Carter in March 1968, and together they became a country crooning duet.
- 460 VOTES. Heloise And Abelard’s Famous Love Letters Began When They Were Ripped Apart. Nearly a thousand years ago, in 12th century France, an affair began between a teacher, Abelard, and his student, Heloise.
- 501 VOTES. Letters From His Enslaved Wife Prompted Dangerfield Newby To Join John Brown’s Raid On Harpers Ferry. In 1859, John Brown and 21 supporters raided Harpers Ferry in Virginia (now West Virginia) in the war against slavery.
Nov 30, 2016 · Charlotte Brontë’s infatuated notes, Henry VIII’s lovesick doodles and the anguished scribbles of Nelson’s lover: Fiona Macdonald picks eight love letters with a new slant on history.
Jan 16, 2012 · This exceptional volume gathers 650 meticulously selected and annotated letters exchanged between one of the most prominent couples in art history, photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) and legendary artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986), who over the course of their 30-year romance exchanged more than 5,000 letters — roughly 25,000 ...
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Feb 12, 2010 · The three letters, written over two July days in 1812, are all the more stunning because their recipient not only never read them, but has also remained nameless for all history. The letters,...
