I Samuel 16:18: "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse who is a skillful musician, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him."

II Samuel 24:24: "I will not offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which costs me nothing."

Remember Me (By: Christina Rosetti)

Remember me when I am gone away
gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
you tell me of our future that you planned;
Only remember me, you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve;
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestiage of the thoughts that once I had.
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember me and be sad.

Excerpt from The Ballad of Baby Doe
Music by Douglas Moore
Libretto by John Latouche

Warm I'll sleep beside my love
in a cold and narrow house.
Never shall the mourning dove
weep for us in accents wild.
I shall walk beside my love,
who is husband, father, child.
As earthly eyes grow dim,
still the old song will be sung.
I shall change along with him,
so that both are ever young, ever young.