All that remains of us is love
In Chichester cathedral there is a tomb for a notable medieval couple. The inscriptions and faces of the two effigies have faded over time and the tomb was badly mutilated.
In 1843 the tomb was restored and the missing hands restored with new carvings. These hands, representing an affectionate bond between the couple, inspired Philip Larkin to write his poem 'An Arundel Tomb'.
The last line reads...'What will survive of us is love' which when read out of context, suggests love rather than name, status, ego etc endures beyond the grave. Whether Larkin intended this interpretation is unlikely but for me the combination of the last line of the poem and the faded tomb except for the touching hands, is a wonderful monument to how our identities fade but our actions can live on.
As the Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh wrote.. 'My actions are my only true belongings'.
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