The Marriage Gift Book and Bridal TokenHoulston & Wright, 1863 - 311 pages |
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... sorrow of his sorrow . The soul of music slumbers in the shell , Till waked and kindled by the master spell ; And feeling hearts - touch them but rightly - pour A thousand melodies unheard before- ROGERS . THE FIRST MARRIED PAIR ...
... sorrow of his sorrow . The soul of music slumbers in the shell , Till waked and kindled by the master spell ; And feeling hearts - touch them but rightly - pour A thousand melodies unheard before- ROGERS . THE FIRST MARRIED PAIR ...
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... to discord : The eye , so brilliant at even , may be red with sorrow in the morning ; And the sylph - like form of elegance must writhe in the crampings of pain . O , happy lot , and hallowed , even as 14 THE MARRIAGE GIFT BOOK .
... to discord : The eye , so brilliant at even , may be red with sorrow in the morning ; And the sylph - like form of elegance must writhe in the crampings of pain . O , happy lot , and hallowed , even as 14 THE MARRIAGE GIFT BOOK .
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... sorrow . For her sake , who leaneth on thine arm , court not the notice of the world , And remember that sober privacy is comelier than public display . If thou marriest , thou art allied unto strangers ; see they be not such as shame ...
... sorrow . For her sake , who leaneth on thine arm , court not the notice of the world , And remember that sober privacy is comelier than public display . If thou marriest , thou art allied unto strangers ; see they be not such as shame ...
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... : Imparting halveth the evils , while it doubleth the pleasures of life , But sorrows breed and thicken in the gloomy bosom of Reserve- " " TUPPER . HUSBAND AND WIFE . " O , proudly I stood 18 THE MARRIAGE GIFT BOOK .
... : Imparting halveth the evils , while it doubleth the pleasures of life , But sorrows breed and thicken in the gloomy bosom of Reserve- " " TUPPER . HUSBAND AND WIFE . " O , proudly I stood 18 THE MARRIAGE GIFT BOOK .
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... sorrow'd , and grown more strong , Heart to heart , side to side , we have striven , With the love that makes summer - tide all the year long , And the heart that is its own heaven . We clung the more close as the storm swept by , And ...
... sorrow'd , and grown more strong , Heart to heart , side to side , we have striven , With the love that makes summer - tide all the year long , And the heart that is its own heaven . We clung the more close as the storm swept by , And ...
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Page 88 - They sin who tell us Love can die. With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth...
Page 52 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed then Eve. And Adam was not deceived ; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Page 152 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed ; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 179 - Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife ; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS : for he shall save his people from their sins.
Page 151 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 161 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty...
Page 85 - Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
Page 74 - As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs ; so...
Page 164 - And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
Page 40 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best : All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; Wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shows...