Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

Come, now again, thy woes impart,
Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;
We cannot heal the read more

Come, now again, thy woes impart,
Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;
We cannot heal the throbbing heart
Will we discern the wounds within.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors
is hard.

Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.

Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.

Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for read more

Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.