Merle Platte letter to Edmond R. Platte - n.d.
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To My Dear Husband. You are all I have to live for, all I want to Love, all that the world holds for me of faith in the world above. You came and it seemed too mighty for my human heart to hold, it seemed in its sacred glory Like a glimpse through the gates of gold; Like a Life in its primal Eden, Created and formed anew This charm of perfect manhood
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That I realized in you. God created me a woman with a nature just and true as the blue Eternal ocean, as the heavens over you. And you are mine until your master calls you, your soul and your body, sweet, you breath and the whole of your being. From your [ms illegible: 1 wd] head to your feet. Your eyes and the light that is in them your lips with their maddening wine Your arms with their passionate clasp my King, your body and soul are mine. No power whatesoever no will but God
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And lay you on his arms Forever and forevery Beside the silent sea, you Will rest in the arms Eternal And will belong to me your Loving wife Mrs. Edmond R. Platte
Details
| Title | Merle Platte letter to Edmond R. Platte - n.d. |
| Creator | Platte, Merle |
| Source | Platte, Merle. Letter to Edmond R. Platte. n.d. Goad-Ballinger World War I Collection. Goad-Ballinger American Legion Post, Springfield, Missouri. |
| Description | A three page poem written by Merle Platte to her husband Edmond Platte of Company B, 110th Engineers. |
| Subject LCSH | Love-letters; World War, 1914-1918--Women; World War, 1914-1918--Correspondence; World War, 1914-1918--Poetry |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Contributing Institution | American Legion Goad-Ballinger Post 69 |
| Date Original | n.d. |
| Language | English |