In God's intention, a meet and happy conversation is the chiefest and noblest end of marriage.
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.
This horror will grow mild, this darkness light.
The sacred influence of light appears.
Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition.
Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.