Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Wedlock
Wedlock, indeed, hath oft compared been To public feasts, where meet the public rout. Where they that are without would fain go in, And they that are within would fain go out. —Sir John Davies
Honest wedlock, Is like a banqueting house built in a garden, On which the spring’s chaste flowers take delight To cast their modest odours. —Thomas Middleton
