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 'Cause grace and virtue are within
 Prohibited degrees of kin;
  And therefore no true saint allows,
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 'Cause grace and virtue are within
 Prohibited degrees of kin;
  And therefore no true saint allows,
   They shall be suffer'd to espouse. 
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
 To sit, happy married lovers; Phillis trifling with a plover's
 Egg, while Corydon uncovers with a grace the Sally read more 
 To sit, happy married lovers; Phillis trifling with a plover's
 Egg, while Corydon uncovers with a grace the Sally Lunn,
  Or dissects the luck pheasant--that, I think, were passing 
pleasant
   As I sit along at present, dreaming darkly of a dun. 
 I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That 
is marvelous. It must be very read more 
 I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That 
is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive. 
 Man and wife,
 Coupled together for the sake of strife.  
 Man and wife,
 Coupled together for the sake of strife. 
 With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with 
all my worldly goods I read more 
 With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with 
all my worldly goods I thee endow. 
 My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to 
persuade my wife to marry me.  
 My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to 
persuade my wife to marry me. 
 He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; 
for they are impediments to great enterprises, read more 
 He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; 
for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue 
or mischief. 
 For years [my wedding ring] has done its job. It has led me not 
into temptation. It has reminded read more 
 For years [my wedding ring] has done its job. It has led me not 
into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at 
parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of 
relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the 
maternity ward.