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208 [Doc. 39.
SWEDENBORG’S CORRESPONDENCE.
Has licet in partes Te mors distraxerit, ipse
Attamen in nostro pectore totus eris.
(The urn holds thy ashes, God and the stars thy spirit;
Thy writings contain thy genius, but the world thy renown.
Let death dissolve thy mortal frame into fragments,
In our hearts thou shalt dwell forever entire.)
Otherwise, the town is distracted by internal dissensions
between the Anglican and Presbyterian churches; they are
incensed against each another with almost deadly hatred. The
torch and trumpet of this tumult is Doctor Sacheverell, whose
name is heard from every mouth and at every corner ; and
respecting whom every bookshop displays pamphlets.
Were you, dear brother, to ask me about myself, I should
say I know that I am alive, but not happy ; for I miss you
and my home. Should I be so fortunate as to have a letter
from you, you would almost carry me back to my country ;
for I not only love you more than my own brothers, but I
even love and revere you as a father. I send you a few
verses addressed to Sophia Brenner, the Sappho of our age,
that you may polish and improve them, if you find that they
require correction, and that, thus corrected, you may communi
cate them to her. Doctor Edzardus sends you his best greeting.
May God preserve you alive, that I may meet you again,
Yours faithfully and affectionately, even to death,
EMANUEL SWEDBERG .
London, October 13, 1710.
To the Most Reverend Ericus Benzelius, Upsal.
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