Kiss me with rain on your eyelashes, come on, let us sway together, under the trees, and to hell with thunder.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a deep romantic longing to connect intimately with someone amidst nature's elements.
In this quote, Edwin Morgan evokes a vivid image of a romantic encounter where the beauty of nature enhances the emotions of love. The reference to being kissed by rain symbolizes a desire for passionate connection, while the invitation to sway together under the trees suggests a shared experience that transcends challenges, such as the 'thunder' that represents life's obstacles. It captures the essence of love being powerful enough to make one disregard the turmoil around them.
In practice
This quote would be perfect for a wedding toast to celebrate romantic love.
When you go, if you go, And I should want to die, there's nothing I'd be saved by more than the time you fell asleep in my arms in a trust so gentle I let the darkening room drink up the evening, till rest, or the new rain lightly roused you awake. I asked if you heard the rain in your dream and half dreaming still you only said, I love you.
I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
I love people. When you're engaged with society and trying to make it a better society, you're an optimist.
The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to move out of yourself and be with someone else in a manner that is not about your desire to possess them, but to be with them, to be in union and communion.
I would not wish any companion in the world but you.
We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
One would always want to think of oneself as being on the side of love, ready to recognize it and wish it well -but, when confronted with it in others, one so often resented it, questioned its true nature, secretly dismissed the particular instance as folly or promiscuity. Was it merely jealousy, or a reluctance to admit so noble and enviable a sentiment in anyone but oneself?
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