What Greater Thing

What greater thing is there for two human souls,
than to feel that they are joined for life--
to strengthen each other in all labor,
to rest on each other in all sorrow,
to minister to each other in all pain,
to be one with each other
in silent unspeakable memories...

--George Eliot (1819-1880)

From George Eliot

What greater thing is there for two human souls
Than to feel that they are joined for life—to
Strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each
Other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all
Pain, to be one with each other in silent,
Unspeakable memories at the moment of the last
Parting.

--George Eliot