I long to die with you,

does that count?

Joseph Severn (John Keats’ best friend), sketched this portrait of Keats on his deathbed in Rome, where they travelled in hopes he would recover.

just a couple of pieces i enjoy

dance of the knights by prokofiev performed by the LSO

danse macabre by camille saint-saëns conducted by stokowski

verklärte nacht op.4 by schoenberg performed by pierre boulez

isle of the dead by rachmaninov performed by the royal stockholm philharmonic 

pavane for a dead princess by ravel performed by national orchestra of france

“My love has made me selfish. I cannot exist without you. I am forgetful of everything but seeing you again—my Life seems to stop there—I see no further. You have asorb’d me.”

“I should be exquisitely miserable without the hope of soon seeing you.”

“I have been astonished that Men could die Martyrs for religion—I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more—I could be martyr’d for my Religion—Love is my religion—I could die for that. I could die for you.”

“My love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.”