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Should guilty seek asylum here,
Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.
Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,
All his past sins are to be washed away.
The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;
And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes.
In this world this edifice has been made;
To display thereby the creator's glory.

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>> No.1693987

ur gay

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>> No.1693992

i'm more impressed by henry james's the altar of the dead than i am by the taj mahal

catpcha: the mstakes

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>>1693992
did henry james order his kingdom to construct a temple for his dead wife? that is true love.

no, i don't think so

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>> No.1694019

>>1694007
how is that true love?

"Man, I am so rich. I am ridiculously rich. Plus, most of the people I govern are really poor and desperate for work. Wait I have an idea. I can get them to build something for me and I won't have to pay them a lot. But what could they build? I've got it! I love my wife so I'll get them to build her a house. That's how much I love my wife: I pay poor people to build her a house!"

>> No.1694039

>>1694019
you're obviously a bitter virgin who has never experienced love of any sort. the taj mahal was built as a mausoleum for shan jahar's dead wife dude..the result was one of the most beautiful structures ever to be built in the entire world. that is the most romantic thing i have ever read about.

>> No.1694057

>>1694039
> that is the most romantic thing i have ever read about.

No there's nothing romantic about building a tomb for a loved one. In fact, it strikes me as an unhealthy obsession. This dude should've mourned and moved on. Part of the grieving process is acceptance, not building gigantic monuments to the deceased.

>> No.1694082

>>1694057
>>1694057
you obviously know nothing about love if you don't think it's romantic

>> No.1694112

>>1694082
a five star post.

Who's to say that I haven't been in love, or I've been married to my soulmate for 25 years? Or I've never been in love and I'm fifteen? Who's to say that you haven't been in love? All of these things are possible and each equally so. Therefore, it doesn't matter.

Being in love doesn't mean I can't recognize the fact that the story of the Taj Mahal creeps me out. I can appreciate the building itself, but I can't get behind the "true love" history.

By the same logic, if I don't like Lovecraft, it's because I've never been a racist.

>> No.1694206

time is the mausoleum of all hope and desire

>> No.1694218

quentin is the mausoleum of stagonee's right hand man haha

>> No.1694228

>>1694206
isn't that whole opening paragraph some of the best stuff you've ever read? i even have part of it quoted under my favorite quotes section on facebook

>> No.1694233

>>1694228
I'd fuck my sister if she smelled like trees.