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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.
Cursed be the man, the poorest wretch in life,
The crouching vassal, to the tyrant wife,
Who read more
Cursed be the man, the poorest wretch in life,
The crouching vassal, to the tyrant wife,
Who has no will but by her high permission;
Who has not sixpence but in her possession;
Who must to her his dear friend's secret tell;
Who dreads a curtain lecture worse than hell.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit or I'd break her heart.
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.
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent
wife is from the Lord.
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent
wife is from the Lord.
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.
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
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.
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.
To love, cherish, and to obey.
To love, cherish, and to obey.
