How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense,
And love th'offender, yet detest th'offence?
E'er such a soul regains its peaceful state,
How often must it love, how often hate!
How often hope, despair, resent, regret,
Conceal, disdain-do all things but forget.
Oh teach me nature to subdue,
Renounce my love, my life, my self-and you.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resigned.
-Alexander Pope, 1717
one of my favourite readings from this year. it made me cry!
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