Buds for the Bridal WreathSpencer, 1868 |
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... grace that is shut up and secured by all arts of Heaven , and the defence of laws , the locks and bars of modesty , by honor and reputation , by fear and shame , by interest and high re- gard ; and that contract that is intended to be ...
... grace that is shut up and secured by all arts of Heaven , and the defence of laws , the locks and bars of modesty , by honor and reputation , by fear and shame , by interest and high re- gard ; and that contract that is intended to be ...
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... graces , and virtues that belong to the children of God . Such a home God calls upon the twain made one to build up , to his glory and their own joy . THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO , who crucify the divine idea of home , who thrust the ...
... graces , and virtues that belong to the children of God . Such a home God calls upon the twain made one to build up , to his glory and their own joy . THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO , who crucify the divine idea of home , who thrust the ...
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... instead thereof find blessedness . " But this blessedness comes through discipline . It is the fruit of those Christian graces and virtues whose roots strike deep into the soil of patient self - denial and Christian endeavor 46 BUDS FOR ...
... instead thereof find blessedness . " But this blessedness comes through discipline . It is the fruit of those Christian graces and virtues whose roots strike deep into the soil of patient self - denial and Christian endeavor 46 BUDS FOR ...
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... graces and virtues , and unselfish loves , that show his affinity to higher spheres , and prophesy the ultimate marriage of the soul with divine truth and goodness . ' Tis thus that " tender relation of one for one " looks forward to a ...
... graces and virtues , and unselfish loves , that show his affinity to higher spheres , and prophesy the ultimate marriage of the soul with divine truth and goodness . ' Tis thus that " tender relation of one for one " looks forward to a ...
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... of heavenly affections . " To guard the marriage vow , Another vow must bind , · To Him whose care and grace allow The cheerful hopes that gladden now , * And in whose love the trusting mind Its only deathless 62 BUDS FOR THE.
... of heavenly affections . " To guard the marriage vow , Another vow must bind , · To Him whose care and grace allow The cheerful hopes that gladden now , * And in whose love the trusting mind Its only deathless 62 BUDS FOR THE.
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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.