Oscar Wilde to Constance Wilde December 1884
September 22, 2009 by Carol
Filed under Short Love Letters
The Balmoral, Edinburgh, Tuesday,16 December 1884
Dear Beloved,
Here am I, and you at the Antipodes. O execrable facts, that keep our lips from kissing, though our souls are one.
What can I tell you by letter? Alas! nothing that I would tell you. The messages of the gods to each other travel not by pen and ink and indeed your bodily presence here would not make you more real: for I feel your fingers in my hair, and your cheek brushing mine. The air is full of the music of your voice, my soul and body seem no longer mine, but mingled in some exquisite ecstasy with yours. I feel incomplete without you.
Ever and ever yours
Oscar
PS Here I stay till Sunday.
Oscar Wilde became famous for a lot of things some might even say infamous for some things. Although romantic love letters was not originally high on my Oscar Wilde list he obviously did write some back to his wife when traveling.
This is a very short love note rather than a full love letter but it still serves his purpose to say he was missing his wife and wishes she was there to make everything complete for him.
How do you think you would like to wake up one morning and find a note like this from your lover who was away from you? Even short romantic love letters can mean a lot, can’t they?
Now it's your turn. I want to know what you think. Comment below with a quick response...
