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Show PSALM OF MARRIAGE. Tell mo not, in idle jinclo, "Alarringo is an emjitv drt-nm!" or the (firl is dud Hint's FiriRl1, A"d girls are not what ibey lucm Lifo ia ronl! Life is earnesl! Single blessedness a lib! "Man thou art, to man roturnest!" lias beon spoken of the rib. Kot enjoyment and not sorrow, Ib our destined ond and way. But to act that cbcd to-morrow .Finds us nearar marriage day. Life is long; and youth is (lectins. And our heart?, though light nnd gay, Still like pleasant drums lire bunting. Wedding marches all tbe wiy. In tho world's brond field of battle, 1b the bivouac of lifo, Be not like dumb driven catllc, Bo a heroine a wife ! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant, Lot tho dead past bury iU dead. Act art. to thft livinir urofifint. Heart within and hopo ahead! Lives of married folks remind us We can liva our lives aa well, And, departing, leave behind us Such examples as shall "tell." Such examples that another Wasting lime in idle sport, A forlorn, unmarried brother, Seeing, shall take heart and co irt. Let U9, then, be up and doing, With a heart on ti iumph sot, Still cootri eing, still pursuing, Acd each one a husband get. |