HUSBANDS AND WIVES
HUSBANDS AND WIVES
"First, the love of wedded souls; next, neighbor loves and civic,
All reddened, sweetened from the central heart."
--E.B. BROWNING.
"Two shall be born the whole wide world apart
And speak in different tongues, and have no thought
Each of the other's being and no heed;
And those o'er unknown seas to unknown lands
Shall come, escaping wreck, defying death,
And all unconsciously shape every act
And bend each wandering step to this one end--That
one day, out of darkness, they shall stand
And read life's meaning in each other's eyes."
--SUSAN MARR SPAULDING.
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light."
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
--ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
"A home is not an accidental or natural coming together of human
souls under the same roof in certain definite relationships; it is
a work of art, to be builded upon fixed principles of life and
action."--HENRY WARE, in _Home Life_.
"True love is but a humble, low-born thing,
And hath its food served up in earthenware;
It is a thing to walk with, hand in hand,
Through the every-dayness of this work-day world,
Baring its tender feet to every roughness,
Yet letting not one heart-beat go astray
From Beauty's law of plainness and content;
A simple, fireside thing, whose quiet smile
Can warm earth's poorest hovel to a home."
--LOWELL.
