A Romantic Love Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) to his wife Sophia Amelia Peabody.

It is believed that this romantic love letter was written 5 December, 1839.

Dearest, - I wish I had the gift of making rhymes, for methinks there is poetry in my head and heart since I have been in love with you. You are a Poem. Of what sort, then? Epic? Mercy on me, no! A sonnet? No; for that is too labored and artificial. You are a sort of sweet, simple, gay, pathetic ballad, which Nature is singing, sometimes with tears, sometimes with smiles, and sometimes with intermingled smiles and tears.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) the American author and short story writer wrote this letter to his wife Sophia Amelia Peabody shortly after their marriage whilst he was still an well known but financially struggling author. As will have been seen he (like many of us do) struggles to find the right words of love to write. His best known works includes "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of The Seven Gables".