The kindest and the happiest pair Cowper. I know not her that willingly in maidenhood would die. May 17. William Warner. Now, success to the fair-one and all- There's no harm I should hope in miss-taking My other self! our blood, our hearts, our souls, May 18. Alexander Smith. Great are the sea and the heaven; Yet greater is my heart, And fairer than pearls and stars Flashes and beams my love. From the German, by Longfellow. My own sweet bride, the guiding star That Heaven lent in love. I've waited for thee many seasons through, Alexander Smith. Women who marry seldom act but once; Westland Marston, LL.D. May 20. A nymph, no tongue, no heart, no eye, might praise, might wish, might see, For life, for love, for form, more good, more worth, more fair, than she! William Warner. Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, We'll stand by each other however it blow. May 21. Longfellow Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, Shakespeare (Midsummer Night's Dream). In love, if love be love, if love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers; Tennyson (Vivien's Song). When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past, The dearest remembrance will still be the last, Byron. And place your hands below your husband's foot; My hand is ready; may it do him ease. May 23. Shakespeare She looked so fair, she sang so well, I could but woo, and she was won; Myself in blue, the bride in white, The ring was placed, the deed was done. A married life, to speak the best, May 24. Hood, Cotton. Men could not part us with their worldly jars, E. B. Browning. Her stature comely, tall, her gait well graced, and her wit To marvel at, not meddle with, as matchless I admit. William Warner. |