“From yon blue heaven above us bent,
The grand old gardener and his wife
Smile at the claims of long descent.”
Stanza 7
Lady Clara Vere de Vere (1832)
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“If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool.”
Sholom Bayis, 1889. S. Liptzin. Peretz. Yivo, 1947, p. 153.

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My love goes with you.
Reality...What a Concept (1979)