the great caruso and the student prince
 four ages of love, fondly do we remember (c) Norman Rockwell
"The Great Caruso" and "The Student Prince" are among my comfort-classics. i associate them with my grandparents. the great caruso was 109 minutes of bonding time between my grandfather and i. the movie traces the life of enrico caruso, the 20th century's greatest tenor and my grandfather's favourite. the student prince is a fairy tale musical which my grandmother and i used to watch 9 times a day... it made me cry (i loved the movie, but 16 hours was just pure torture). my grandmother, however, is just too adorable, and i'd do anything for her.
today would have been my grandparents' 69th anniversary (they almost reached their 65th). i know my grandmother misses my grandfather very much. she married him at 17, bore him 13 children, and accepted that she would have to outlive him. he would not have been able to bear it, had the reverse happened. i love their love story.
If ever two were one then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever wife were happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor aught but love from thee give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay,
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let's persevere
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
-- Anne Bradstreet
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