Bertrand Russell - To Edith

* Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.1, 1967
Three Passions

To Edith Through the long years I sought peace, I found ecstasy, I found anguish, I found madness, I found loneliness, I found the solitary pain that gnaws the heart, But peace I did not find. Now, old & near my end, I have known you, And, knowing you, I have found both ecstasy & peace, I know rest, After so many lonely years. I know what life & love may be, Now, if I sleep, I shall sleep fulfilled. Bertrand Russell and Edith Russell (Dec. 12, 1952)