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Quote #7
"There will I ask of Christ the Lord
Thus much for him and me:—
Only to live as once on earth
With Love,—only to be,
As then awhile, forever now
Together, I and he." (127-132)
It's telling that Jesus gets the final say as to whether these two lovers get to spend eternity together or not. That's how Christianity works, so it's not really surprising. In an odd way, though, the conventions of religion provide the sole source of the damsel's and her lover's anxieties. Their eternal happiness is riding on religious acceptance.