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The Velveteen Rabbit (an extract from the book)

by Margery Williams (1881-1944)

Wedding Day

by Anonymous

True Woman – her Love

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)

Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;

A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;

The Prophet (Third extract from his book)

by Kahil Gibran (1883-1931)

Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the ‘nay’ in your own mind, nor do you withhold the ‘aye’. And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart; for without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unclaimed.

The Prophet (First extract from his book)

by Kahil Gibran (1883-1931)

The Magic of Love 

by Helen Steiner Rice (1900-1981)

The Heart's Anchor

by William Winter (1863-1917)

Think of me as your friend , I pray,

And call me by a loving name;

I will not care what others say,

If only you will remain the same.

I will not care how dark the night,

I will not care how wild the storm,

Your love will fill my heart with light

To my dear loving husband

by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)