To Josephine.
I don't love you, not at all; on the contrary, I
detest you. You're a naught, gawky, foolish Cinderella.
You never write me; you don't love your own husband;
you know what pleasures your letters give him, and yet
you haven't written him six lines, dashed off so casually!
What do you do all day, Madam? What is the affair so
important as to leave you no time to write to your
devoted lover?
What affection stifles and puts to one side the love, the
tender constant love you promised him?
Of what sort can be that marvellous being, that new lover
that tyrannises over your days, and prevents your giving
any attention to your husband?
Josephine, take care! Some fine night, the doors will be
broken open and there I'll be.
Indeed, I am very uneasy, my love, at receiving no news of
you; write me quickly for pages, pages full of agreeable
things which shall fill my heart with the pleasantest feelings.
I hope before long to crush you in my arms and cover you
with a million kisses as though beneath the equator.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
detest you. You're a naught, gawky, foolish Cinderella.
You never write me; you don't love your own husband;
you know what pleasures your letters give him, and yet
you haven't written him six lines, dashed off so casually!
What do you do all day, Madam? What is the affair so
important as to leave you no time to write to your
devoted lover?
What affection stifles and puts to one side the love, the
tender constant love you promised him?
Of what sort can be that marvellous being, that new lover
that tyrannises over your days, and prevents your giving
any attention to your husband?
Josephine, take care! Some fine night, the doors will be
broken open and there I'll be.
Indeed, I am very uneasy, my love, at receiving no news of
you; write me quickly for pages, pages full of agreeable
things which shall fill my heart with the pleasantest feelings.
I hope before long to crush you in my arms and cover you
with a million kisses as though beneath the equator.
- Napoleon Bonaparte