THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, III
Oh ! how could I fail to be eager for eternity, and for the marriage ring of rings, the ring of recur- rence ?
Never yet have I found the woman by whom I should have liked to have children, unless it be this woman I love. For I love thee, O Eternity!
For I love thee, O Eternity !
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If I am fond of the sea, and of all that is of the sea's kin ; and if I am fondest if it contradicteth me angrily ;
If that seeking lust is within me, that driveth the sails after the undiscovered ; if there is a sailor's lust in my lust;
If my rejoicing hath ever cried: 'The shore hath disappeared ! Now the last chain hath fallen down from me!
The limitless roareth round me ! Far, far away shine unto me space and time ! Up ! upwards ! old heart ! '
Oh ! how could I fail to be eager for eternity, and for the marriage ring of rings, the ring of recurrence ?
Never yet have I found the woman by whom I should have liked to have children, unless it be this woman I love. For I love thee, O Eternity !
For I love thee, O Eternity !
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