When I think of a merry, happy, free
I practice and work hard at my music but I'm not saving lives here.
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.
What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very fine...
Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.
Oh! was ever woman so blessed as I am.
A good marriage is the union of the two good...
I have known a few good marriages, but very few. And others look to me...
I suppose after 'Four Weddings' I was very busy for a bit, and I imagined...