The Vows
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Marlena: John, what I chose to say to you is from the song of Solomon. It signifies to me the end of the bad times... the beginning of the good times.
Rise up my love. My fair one and come away. For low the winter has past. The rains are over and gone. The flowers are appearing on earth and the time for singing birds has come. My beloved is mine and I am his until dawn breaks and the shadows fade. Turn my beloved and be thou forever mine.
I really do feel as though our winter has past. Our bad times are over and the good times are beginning. Now I know that no body can ever promise what the future will bring. But I will make you one solomn vow. I will love you no matter what. Whether rain or drought or sun or storm. Whatever comes I will laugh with you, weap with you, celebrate with you, and mourn with you. Whatever comes I am yours...my love until death part us.

John: No wonder we're getting married because I chose a poem also. It's about 100 years old and what it does is it captures the essence of how I felt the first time I saw you.
I was never struck by that hour with love so sudden and so sweet. Her face it blossomed like a flower and stole my heart away complete. Are flowers winter's choice? Is love's bed always snow. She always seemed to hear my silent voice. Not love's appeal to know. I never saw so sweet a face as through before me stood. My heart has left it's dwelling place and it can return no more.
That sums it up Doc. I fell in love with you the first moment I layed eyes on you. And from that moment to now well I think it's safe to say that a lot of water has run under the bridge. We've experienced sadness and a lot of pain. But somehow through it all our love was strong enough to endure and everything we've been through my love for you had never changed nad I know that it never will. So that brings to today and I can stand here in front of my family and my friends and I can promise you that I will love you until I die I'm going to be a good husband to you. I'm going to honor you. I'm going to protect you. And I'm going to care for you and I'm going to make your cares my cares. I'm going to make your sorrows my sorrows. And I damn well am going to make your triumphs my triumphs. And I am going to grow old with you in love and joy and all the great stuff life had to offer. Until death parts us.

They kiss.

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