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Poetry

Hope is the thing with feathers

~ By Emily Dickenson~ Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And…

Poetry

How do i live thee

HOW DO I LOVE THEE ~ By Elizabeth Barrett Browning ~ How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My…

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I ching

~ Excerpt ~ When two people are at one in their inmost hearts, they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze. And when two people understand each…

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I Promise

~ Dorothy Colgan ~ I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give. I promise to respect you as your own person…

Poetry

If thou must love me

~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning ~ If thou must love me, let it be for naught Except for love’s sake only. Do not say, ‘I love her for her smile – her…

Poetry

In love made visible

~ By Mary Swenson ~ In love are we made visible As in a magic bath are unpeeled to the sharp pit so long concealed With love’s alertness we recognize…

Religious

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the…

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Letters

~ By Rainer Maria Rilke ~ Marriage is in many ways a simplification of life, and it naturally combines the strengths and wills of two young people so…

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Love

~ Author Unknown ~ Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty…

Poetry

LOVE

~ By Roy Croft ~ I love you, Not only for what you are, But for what I am When I am with you. I love you, Not only for what You have made of…

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Love is a great thing

~ By Thomas a Kempris ~ Love is a great thing, yea, a great and thorough good, By itself it makes that is heavy light; And it bears evenly all that…

Poetry

Love lives

~ By John Clare ~ Love lives beyond The tomb, the earth, which fades like dew. I love the fond, The faithful, and the true Love lives in sleep, The…

Poetry

Love’s philosophy

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The fountains mingle with the river, And the rivers with the ocean; The winds of heaven mix forever With a sweet emotion;…

Religious

Mark 10:6-9

From the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and…

Poetry

Marriage

~ By Mary Weston Fordham ~ The die is cast, come weal, come woe, Two lives are joined together, For better or for worse, the link Which naught but…

Poetry

My love

~ Linda Lee Elrod ~ When I met you, I had no idea how much my life was about to be changed… but then, how could I have known? A love like ours…

Poetry

My true love

~ Sir Phillip Sydney ~ My true love hath my heart and I have his, By just exchange one for another given I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss,…

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Never marry but for love

~ William Penn ~ Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely. If love be not the chiefest motive, thou wilt soon grow weary of…

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On love

~ By Thomas Kempis ~ Love is a mighty power, a great and complete good. Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth. It bears…

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On marriage

From The Prophet ~ By Kahlil Gibran ~ You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of…

Religious

Perfect love

Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone. To have a deep soul relationship with another, to be loved thoroughly and exclusively. But…

Religious

Psalm 128:1-4

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall…