love is everlasting

"Papa, Papa, I do not understand!
Are you all right? They said you'd gone away."



"Cosette, my child, am I forgiven now?
Thank God, thank God, I've lived to see this day."



"It's you who must forgive a thoughtless fool.
It's you who must forgive a thankless man.
It's thanks to you that I am living...
And again I lay down my life at your feet."



"Cosette, your father is a saint.
When they wounded me,
He took me from the barricade,
Carried like a babe,
And brought me home to you!"



"Now you are here,
Again beside me.
Now I can die in peace...
For now my life is blessed."



"You will live,
Papa, you're going to live..."



"It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye!"



"Yes, Cosette, forbid me now to die.
I'll obey,
I will try."



"On this page
I write my last confession.
Read it well
When I at last am sleeping.
It's the story
Of those who always loved you.
Your mother gave her life for you,
Then gave you to my keeping."



"Come with me,
Where chains will never bind you."



"All your grief...
At last, at last behind you."



"Lord in Heaven,
Look down on him in mercy."



"Forgive me all my trespasses
And take me to your glory."



"Take my hand,
And lead me to salvation.
Take my love,
For love is everlasting."



"And remember
The truth that once was spoken...
To love another person
Is to see the face of God!"