Every little while, we hear of a kind of epidemic among the married folks, here and there, the symptoms of which disclose themselves in frantic appeals to the courts for separation. The Lowell (Mass.) News, last week, noted seven cases of divorce granted by the Supreme Court, then sitting at that place; and quotes these lines thereupon:
“Marriage is like a flaming candle light
Placed in a window of a summer night,
Inviting all the insects of the air,
To come and singe their pretty winglets there,
Those that are out but heads against the pane,
And those that are in but to get out again.”
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Author: The Daily Picayune
Keywords: Marriage, Divorce, Bill of divorcement, Certificate of divorce, Certificate of divorcement, Bill of divorce, Divorcement, unmarried, single, singlehood, without a wife, getting divorced, marry, marrying, better not to marry
Bible reference(s): Deuteronomy 24:1-3, Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 19:3-10, Mark 10:4, Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18, Romans 7:1-3, 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Corinthians 7:11, 1 Corinthians 7:32, 1 Corinthians 7:34
Source: The Daily Picayune (New Orleans), May 27, 1855 p. 1, c. 3.
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