"Love me, beloved; Hades and Death

Shall vanish away like a frosty breath;

These hands, that now are at home in thine,

Shall clasp thee again, if thou art still mine;

And thou shalt be mine, my spirit's bride,

In the ceaseless flow of eternity's tide,

If the truest love thy heart can know

Meet the truest love that from mine can flow.

Pray God, beloved, for thee and me,

That our souls may be wedded eternally."

— George MacDonald (The Diary of an Old soul)