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Petronius - If I could only die that way
Identifier
005777
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (c. 27 – 66 AD) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero.
"He spent his days in sleep, his nights in attending to his official duties or in amusement, that by his dissolute life he had become as famous as other men by a life of energy, and that he was regarded as no ordinary profligate, but as an accomplished voluptuary. His reckless freedom of speech, being regarded as frankness, procured him popularity. Yet during his provincial government, and later when he held the office of consul, he had shown vigor and capacity for affairs. Afterwards returning to his life of vicious indulgence, he became one of the chosen circle of Nero's intimates, and was looked upon as an absolute authority on questions of taste (elegantiae arbiter) in connection with the science of luxurious living." [Tacitus]
A description of the experience
If I could only die that way [Adapted from Petronius]
Good God, what a night that was
The bed so soft and how we clung
Burning together, lying this way and that
Uncontrollable passion
Flowing through our mouths
If I could only die that way
I’d say goodbye to the business of living