Many years ago, before I was married, I read some quotes on marriage by Henry Smith, A Preparative to Marriage (1591), in his Works, Vol. I, p. 8):

and by John Dod & Robert Cleaver, A Godly Forme of Household...

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Here is a poem that I wrote in 1992 after a trip to Germany during which I stumbled upon a statute of Martin Luther at the ruined Frauenkirche in Dresden in the middle of the night:

Ruine Der Frauenkirche Dresden

Meandering from a bridge over the haunting Elbe,
through the shrouded mist enveloping foreigners,
I was brought to stop and see a judgment of the God
for whom Martin Luther still stands.
No spotlight illuminates this bittersweet...

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The following is a sonnet that I wrote in 1988:

Innocence Revisited

Beneath a salty sky we roamed the Land:
Though slow in steps we reached the open Sea,
Where sapphires mirror fortunes of the free,
Who fly away from loving those at hand,
And with the sun still overhead, the sand
Seemed warm enough then to assail our fears.
The stars that night were black; each hour tears
Were seen there by the flame a cold wind fanned....

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