16/19 Yet, O Dweller in Osiris, thou who once didst fill the place I hold to-day, I tell thee that I would pay away this pomp, could I but be sure that I shall not live loveless, that I shall not be given as a chattel to one whom I hate, that one--whom I do not hate--will live to call me--wife. Are not the words of Amen, which he spake concerning thee, written down? Love is an arrow that does not miss its mark; it is the immortal fire from on high which winds and waters cannot quench. |