A Romantic Love Letter written by Pliny the Younger
October 13, 2009 by Carol
Filed under Missing You Love Letters
A Romantic Love Letter written by Pliny the Younger (A.D. 61/62-c.113) to his wife.
It is believed that this romantic love letter was written c. A.D. 100.
You say that you are feeling my absence very much, and your only comfort when I am not there is to hold my writings in your hand and often put them in my place by your side. I like to think that you miss me and find relief in this sort of consolation. I, too, am always reading your letters, and returning to them again and again as if they were new to me — but this only fans the fire of my longing for you.
If your letters are so dear to me, you can imagine how I delight in your company; do write as often as you can, although you give me pleasure mingled with pain.
Pliny the Younger (A.D. 61/62-c.113) real name Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus was a Roman lawyer and writer. He was born in northern Italy at Novum Comum (now Como). Practicing law from the age of 18, his honesty and financial skills brought him success in inheritance cases and as the prosecutor of corrupt officials.
Notice the double feeling he is writing about how he wants to hear from her regularly but each letter brings him both joy and sorrow. I know exactly how that feels when my husband is away on business and I can’t go with him for some reason or other I want to hear his voice on the phone I need to feel him there with me but each contact also brings me some pain when it reminds me my darling is not actually with me.
