Ah! whilst I've thee before me,

With heart so warm and eyes so bright, No clouds can linger o'er me

But that smile turns them all to light.

Moore.

A gude wife an' health is a man's best wealth.

March 14.

When he sits upon his steed,

Proverb.

Mars must yield for strength and speed;
Here, and there, and to, and fro,

Like a centaur, see! they go.

F. Faludi, trans. by Sir J. Bowring.

Be to her virtues very kind,

Be to her faults a little blind.

March 15.

She walks in beauty like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and light
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.

Prior.

Byron.

Be plain in dress and sober in your diet;
In short, my dearie, kiss me! and be quiet.

Lady M. W. Montagu.

March 14.

March 15.

Come, you must not be idle! If I am a pattern for housewives,

Show yourself equally worthy of being the model of husbands.

Made in a piece of nature's madness-
Too small almost for the life and gladness
That over-filled her.

R. Browning.

Love me little, love me long.

March 18.

Sweet is the prayer of wedded love!
We kneel, and not alone ;-
Hearts by an earthly tie are joined,
But souls in prayer are one.

Proverb.

Anonymous.

Where our refuge, sweet one, where,

If it be not found in prayer?

Anonymous.

March 17.

March 18.

To wish thee fairer is no need,
More prudent or more sprightly;
Or more ingenious or more freed
From temper-flaws unsightly.

Cowper.

Lawks, ma'am! I left it all to him;
Husbands, you know, will have their whim.

March 20.

Oh! name them not,

Lloyd.

Those sacred breathings of her soul! relate not
What precious items make my sum of bliss
Past contemplation rich! Enough she loves me.
Westland Marston, LL.D.

A lover's eye will gaze an eagle blind,
A lover's ear will hear the lowest sound.

Shakespeare

March 21.

(Love's Labour's Lost).

We made our choice, and settled down
In such a lovely situation,

About a dozen miles from town,
And very near a railway station.

H. Leigh.

Oh! blessed smiles of household love-
Contentment, peace, and health.

Anonymous.