An Example + 

They were two deaf mutes. They loved and they + 

Resolved to be groom and bride; + 

And they listened to nothing that any could say, + 

Nor ever a word replied. + 

From wedlock when warned by the married men, + 

Maintain an invincible mind: + 

Be deaf and dumb until wedded⁠—and then + 

Be deaf and dumb and blind. + 