by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot

To Be One
Language: English 
What greater thing is there for two human souls,
than to feel that they are joined for life -
to strengthen each other in all labour,
to rest on each other in all sorrow,
to minister to each other in all pain,
to share with each other in all gladness,
to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories.

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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-04
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