This thing in life might raise some jealousy,
Here all three lie together lovingly,
But from embraces here no pleasure flows,
Alike are here all human joys and woes;
Here Sarah's chiding John no longer hears,
And old John's rambling Sarah no more fears;
A period's come to all their toylsome lives
The good man's quiet; still are both his wives."
BYGONE BEARDS
The history of the beard presents many items of interest connected with
our own and other countries. Its importance belongs more to the past
than to the present, but even to-day its lore is of a curious character.
We find in Leviticus xiii. 29, the earliest mention of our theme, where
Moses gives directions for the treatment of a plague in the beard, and a
little later he forbids the Israelites to "mar the corners" of it.
David, himself bearded, tells us that Aaron possessed one going down to
the skirts of his garments. In David's reign ambassadors were sent to
the King of Ammon, who, treating them as spies, cut off half of each of
their beards.
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