Yahoo Lifestyle Johnny Cash's Love Letter To Wife Voted Most Romantic
Valentine's Day can bring out the cynic in the best of us, but we have to admit this news pulled on a heartstring or two.
A recent poll has revealed the top 10 most romantic love letters, with Johnny Cash's declaration to his wife June topping the list.
Cash wrote the letter in 1994 on the occasion of June's 65th birthday - and it hints at a love story for the ages.
"We get old and get used to each other," Cash wrote. "We think alike. We read each other's minds. We know what the other wants without asking. Sometimes we irritate each other a little bit. Maybe sometimes take each other for granted.
"But once in a while, like today, I meditate on it and realise how lucky I am to share my life with the greatest woman I ever met."
In second place was Winston Churchill's letter to his wife Clementine, written in 1935, followed by John Keat's proclamation to his neighbor, Fanny Brawne In 1819.
While we can assume some of the greatest love letters will never see eyes beyond the pair they were intended for, below are some excerpts from the top 10 for some inspiration. You may recognise Beethoven's words as the poem Mr Big recited to Carrie Bradshaw in the first Sex And The City movie.
Winston Churchill to Clementine Churchill (1935)
"My darling Clemmie, in your letter from Madras you wrote some words very dear to me, about having enriched your life. I cannot tell you what pleasure this gave me, because I always feel so overwhelmingly in your debt, if there can be accounts in love."
John Keats to Fanny Brawne (1819)
"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 absorb'd me."
Ernest Hemingway to Marlene Dietrich (1951)
"I can't say how every time I ever put my arms around you I felt that I was home."
Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine de Beauharnais (1796)
"Since I left you, I have been constantly depressed. My happiness is to be near you. Incessantly I live over in my memory your caresses, your tears, your affectionate solicitude. The charms of the incomparable Josephine kindle continually a burning and a glowing flame in my heart."
Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor (1964)
"My blind eyes are desperately waiting for the sight of you. You don't realize of course, E.B., how fascinatingly beautiful you have always been, and how strangely you have acquired an added and special and dangerous loveliness."
King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn (1527)
"I beg to know expressly your intention touching the love between us. Necessity compels me to obtain this answer, having been more than a year wounded by the dart of love, and not yet sure whether I shall fail or find a place in your affection."
Beethoven to his 'Immortal Beloved' whose true identity remains a mystery (1812)
"Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, Be calm-love me-today-yesterday-what tearful longings for you-you-you-my life-my all-farewell. Oh continue to love me-never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours."
Gerald Ford to Betty Ford after she was diagnosed with breast cancer (1974)
"No written words can adequately express our deep, deep love. We know how great you are and we, the children and Dad, will try to be as strong as you. Our Faith in you and God will sustain us. Our total love for you is everlasting."
Jimi Hendrix tells his "little girl" to spread her wings (date unknown)
"Happiness is within you.... so unlock the chains from your heart and let yourself grow like the sweet flower you are.....I know the answer - Just spread your wings and set yourself FREE"
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