4. Ernest Hemingway professes his love to Marlene Dietrich (1951)

　　4.欧内斯特·海明威写给演员玛琳·黛德丽的一封情书(1951年)

　　'I can't say how every time I ever put my arms around you I felt that I was home.'

　　“每次我将你搂在怀中时，我的感觉就像是回到了家中。”

　　5. Napoleon Bonaparte sends his love to Josephine de Beauharnais (1796)

　　5. 拿破仑·波拿巴写给约瑟芬·博阿内斯的一封情书(1796年)

　　'Since I left you, I have been constantly depressed. My happiness is to be near you. Incessantly I live over in my memory your caresses, your tears, your affectionatesolicitude. The charms of the incomparable Josephine kindle continually a burning and a glowing flame in my heart.'

　　“自从离开你之后，我一直感到很抑郁。我的快乐是与你相随的。只有不停地回忆你的抚摸、你的泪水，你亲切的关怀，我才得以活下去。亲爱的约瑟芬啊，你用你那无与伦比的魅力燃起我心中炙热的火苗。”

　　6. Richard Burton tells Elizabeth Taylor of her beauty (1964)

　　6. 理查德·伯顿写给伊丽莎白·泰勒的一封情书(1964年)

　　'My blind eyes are desperately waiting for the sight of you. You don't realize of course, E.B., how fascinatingly beautiful you have always been, and how strangely you have acquired an added and special and dangerous loveliness.'

　　“我那被遮住的双眼只期待与你的眼神相会。你可能不知道自己有多么的美丽迷人，你的可爱如此独特与危险，这真是令人惊奇。”

　　7. King Henry VIII expresses his love for Anne Boleyn (1527)

　　7. 亨利八世向安妮·博林示爱的一封情书(1527年)

　　'I beg to know expressly your intention touching the love between us. Necessity compels me to obtain this answer, having been more than a year wounded by the dart of love, and not yet sure whether I shall fail or find a place in your affection.'

　　“我渴望获悉你对我们之间爱情的看法。我有必要知道答案，一年多来我被这爱情之剑刺的遍体鳞伤，而我还不确定我在你心中是否占有一席之地。”