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 And Adam said, This is the bone of my bones, and flesh of my 
flesh: she shall be called read more 
 And Adam said, This is the bone of my bones, and flesh of my 
flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of 
Man. 
 We've been together now for forty years,
 An' it don't seem a day too much;
  There ain't read more 
 We've been together now for forty years,
 An' it don't seem a day too much;
  There ain't a lady livin' in the land
   As I'd swop for my dear old Dutch. 
 No jealousy their dawn of love o'ercast,
 Nor blasted were their wedded days with strife;
  Each season read more 
 No jealousy their dawn of love o'ercast,
 Nor blasted were their wedded days with strife;
  Each season looked delightful as it past,
   To the fond husband and the faithful wife. 
To love, cherish, and to obey.
To love, cherish, and to obey.
 'Cause grace and virtue are within
 Prohibited degrees of kin;
  And therefore no true saint allows,
 read more 
 'Cause grace and virtue are within
 Prohibited degrees of kin;
  And therefore no true saint allows,
   They shall be suffer'd to espouse. 
 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. 
 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. 
 And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I 
will make him an read more 
 And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I 
will make him an help meet for him. 
 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.