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To love, not the literal beloved, but the purified stainless image of her,—surely this would be to ascend into the region of spiritual love, a love unhampered and untainted by the earth. TO LOVE NOT THE LITERAL BELOVED BUT THE PURIFIED STAINLESS IMAGE OF HER SURELY THIS WOULD BE TO ASCEND INTO THE REGION OF SPIRITUAL LOVE A LOVE UNHAMPERED AND UNTAINTED BY THE EARTH
eatrice? Who else can it be written for?" "To the Image of me that you have set up in my place." "Beatrice, are you going mad?" "It is quite true, all the same. Time will show. Perhaps you don't know it yourself as yet, but you will before long." "But, Beatrice, the poem shows its own origin. Has your image blue eyes, or curiously coiled hair—" "Oh, yes, of course, you thought of me. You filled in from me. But the inspiration, the wish to write it, came from the image—" "It is certainly true that I love to look at it, as I love to look at a picture of you—because it is you—" "As yet, no doubt, but you will soon love it for its own sake. You are already beginning." "I love an image! You are too ridiculous, Beatrice." "Does it really seem so strange, dear? I sometimes think you have never loved anything else." Antony had laughed down Beatrice's fancies, yet all the time she had been talking he was conscious that the idea she had suggested was appealing to him with a perverse fascination.  ANTONY BUT IT IS NOT WRITTEN FOR ME WHAT CAN YOU MEAN BEATRICE WHO ELSE CAN IT BE WRITTEN FOR TO THE IMAGE OF ME THAT YOU HAVE SET UP IN MY PLACE BEATRICE ARE YOU GOING MAD IT IS QUITE TRUE ALL THE SAME TIME WILL SHOW PERHAPS YOU DON'T KNOW IT YOURSELF AS YET BUT YOU WILL BEFORE LONG BUT BEATRICE THE POEM SHOWS ITS OWN ORIGIN HAS YOUR IMAGE BLUE EYES OR CURIOUSLY COILED HAIR OH YES OF COURSE YOU THOUGHT OF ME YOU FILLED IN FROM ME BUT THE INSPIRATION THE WISH TO WRITE IT CAME FROM THE IMAGE IT IS CERTAINLY TRUE THAT I LOVE TO LOOK AT IT AS I LOVE TO LOOK AT A PICTURE OF YOU BECAUSE IT IS YOU AS YET NO DOUBT BUT YOU WILL SOON LOVE IT FOR ITS OWN SAKE YOU ARE ALREADY BEGINNING I LOVE AN IMAGE YOU ARE TOO RIDICULOUS BEATRICE DOES IT REALLY SEEM SO STRANGE DEAR I SOMETIMES THINK YOU HAVE NEVER LOVED ANYTHING ELSE ANTONY HAD LAUGHED DOWN BEATRICE'S FANCIES YET ALL THE TIME SHE HAD BEEN TALKING HE WAS CONSCIOUS THAT THE IDEA SHE HAD SUGGESTED WAS APPEALING TO HIM WITH A PERVERSE FASCINATION
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