"Eloisa to Abelard" (a.k.a. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") - Alexander Pope

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How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
"Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep;"
Desires compos'd, affections ever ev'n,
Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heav'n.
Grace shines around her with serenest beams,
And whisp'ring angels prompt her golden dreams.
For her th' unfading rose of Eden blooms,
And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes,
For her the Spouse prepares the bridal ring,
For her white virgins hymeneals sing,
To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away,
And melts in visions of eternal day.

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Publicado em 1717, Eloisa to Abelard é um poema de Alexander Pope (1688-1744). É uma epístola heróica ao estilo de Ovídio inspirada pela história do século XII do amor ilícito de Héloise e do casamento secreto com o seu professor Pierre Abélard. Este era talvez o professor e filósofo mais popular de Paris e a história também inclui a vingança brutal da família dela que castra o professor, apesar de os dois estarem casados.