Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, And craves no other tribute at thy hands From her fair eyes he took commandement, April 20. Our mutual bond of faith and truth No time shall disengage; Those blessings of our early youth Spenser. Cowper. For thee alone these little charms I drest, April 21. Prior. Oh! who would bear the cruel gibes With which the bachelor is daily teased, When he himself might end such heartfelt griefs By wedding some fair maid. Adam alone could not be easy, So he must have a wife an' please ye. Pope. Old Epigram. Love over gentle natures reigns- Crabbe. So stately his form and so lovely her face, April 23. Scott Love, that of every woman's heart Longfellow (The Golden Legend). One feast, one house, one mutual happiness. April 24. Your shining eyes and golden hair, Your other beauties that excel, Shakespeare. Men cannot chuse but like them well. Wilbye's Madrigals. For contemplation he, and valour formed; Milton (Paradise Lost). That my love is pure and true Every one I love you well? W. S. Gilbert. Change as ye list, ye winds! My heart shall be The faithful compass that still points to thee. April 26. Oh! did we take, for Heaven's sake, But half such pains as we Take day and night for woman's sake, Gay. Moore. Coming to kiss her lips, such grace I found; April 27. As the river rushes onward, So Spenser. Mrs. Sargood. There's never a man with his wife tries his wits From "Husband versus Wife." |