Buds for the Bridal WreathSpencer, 1868 |
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... fresh from the forming hand of God on the first morn- ing of creation , bearing the Divine image and likeness , it was not the male alone , but the male and female united , that con- stituted man . And God blessed them and called their ...
... fresh from the forming hand of God on the first morn- ing of creation , bearing the Divine image and likeness , it was not the male alone , but the male and female united , that con- stituted man . And God blessed them and called their ...
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... fresh and immediate influence of this " enchantment , " there is no fear that the mystic spell of love will ever be broken . PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR . Other loves may have failed , but theirs never can ; for each other they can ...
... fresh and immediate influence of this " enchantment , " there is no fear that the mystic spell of love will ever be broken . PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR . Other loves may have failed , but theirs never can ; for each other they can ...
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... evils flow from a neglect of the law by which alone love can be retained in ever fresh vigor and power . Lovers know how it is to be wooed and won ; but " en- the more important question to the married pair BRIDAL WREATH . 31.
... evils flow from a neglect of the law by which alone love can be retained in ever fresh vigor and power . Lovers know how it is to be wooed and won ; but " en- the more important question to the married pair BRIDAL WREATH . 31.
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... fresh on the altar of hope would I lay , At the call of the marriage chime , - То - grow richer and purer , as day rolls on day , Through all change , to the evening of time , - My gift , not of gold , or the treasures of art , --- But ...
... fresh on the altar of hope would I lay , At the call of the marriage chime , - То - grow richer and purer , as day rolls on day , Through all change , to the evening of time , - My gift , not of gold , or the treasures of art , --- But ...
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... Fresh eloquence impart ; Then dost thou sigh for pleasure ? Oh , do not widely roam , But seek that hidden treasure At home , dear home . Does pure religion charm thee Far more than aught below ? Wouldst thou that she should arm thee ...
... Fresh eloquence impart ; Then dost thou sigh for pleasure ? Oh , do not widely roam , But seek that hidden treasure At home , dear home . Does pure religion charm thee Far more than aught below ? Wouldst thou that she should arm thee ...
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affec altar angels beautify beauty bless BRIDAL WREATH BUDS chaste chastity cheer cherished and cultivated Christ Christian Christian faith craves dear home deep deepest loves divine doth earth earthly enchantment endeavor fear flow flowers fresh friendship gentle give graces grow guard hallow happiness hath heaven heavenly holiest Holy Estate home affections home joys hope human heart husband and wife immortal impart influence intima intimacies jugal love KINGDOM OF HEAVEN LAW OF CHRIST LET THE WIFE life's live love takes lust marriage vow married pair minister mutual nature neap tides neath never o'er peace perfect pleasure prayer pure affection purest REFINE religion rills roam sacred sanctified shine smile sorrow spirit subserve sun and moon sweet tempests tender relation tenderest relations thee thine thought thousand little tides tions trials true conjugal sympathy true home true marriage trust twain union of souls virtues virtuous wedded love woman words
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Page 105 - For woman is not undevelopt man, But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain : his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow ; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto...
Page 91 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While, in his softened looks, benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend.
Page 85 - Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build.
Page 71 - 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 50 - The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear ; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
Page 56 - Eternal Power in behalf of this dear mate. The union which is thus effected, and which adds a new value to every atom in nature, for it transmutes every thread throughout the whole web of relation into a golden ray, and bathes the soul in a new and sweeter element, is yet a temporary state. Not always can flowers, pearls, poetry, protestations, nor even home in another heart, content the awful soul that dwells in clay.
Page 91 - Touched by remembrance, trembles to that pole; For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 91 - Time-tutored age and love-exalted youth: The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air ; In every clime the magnet of his soul, Touched by remembrance, trembles to that pole ; For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's...
Page 99 - A something light as air — a look — A word unkind, or wrongly taken, Oh ! love, that tempests never shook, - A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.
Page 44 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives, while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.