马克·吐温给奥莉维亚的一情书

Mark Twain's Letter to Olivia

Livy dear,

I have already mailed today's letter, but I am so proud of my privilege of writing the dearest girl in the world whenever I please, that i must add a few lines if only to say I love you, Livy. 

For i do love you, livy-

as the dew loves the flowers ; as the birds love the sunshine；as the wavelets love the breeze; as mothers love their first -born;

as memory loves old faces；as the yearning tides love the moon; as the angels love the pure in heart.

I so love you that if you were taken from me it seems as if all my love would follow after you and leave my heart a dull and vacant ruin forever and forever. 

Take my kiss and my benediction, and try to be reconciled to the fact that i am.

Yours forever and always,

Sam

马克吐温对奥利维亚（即信中的Livy）-见倾心，他向奥利维亚求婚，不过遭到拒绝。不甘于此的马克吐温展开了情书攻势，向她写了184封情书。马克吐温最终赢得美人芳心，与她步入婚姻殿堂。