123 To Eduard Liszt in Vienna
What affliction and what desolation, my very dear friend! [Eduard Liszt, then member of the provincial Court of Justice in the Civil Senate, had lost his wife from cholera.] Alas! in trials such as these even the sympathy felt by those who are nearest to us can do but little to alleviate the overwhelming weight of the cross which we have to bear. And yet I wish to tell you that in these days of sorrow my heart is near to yours, sympathizing with your suffering, and trusting that “the peace of the Lord,” that peace which the world can neither give nor take away, may sustain you.
Ever yours,
F. Liszt
October 10th, 1854
P.S.—Try to come and see me soon!