Aylmer based his love for his wife on her beauty, and he was not able to love her because of her birthmark. However, in the poem “The Greatest Love,” Anna Swir demonstrated the true love between an older husband and wife. Instead of being ridiculing his wife’s gray hair, he commented the beauty of it. Swir wrote, “You have hair like pearls” (54). The husband considered this “imperfection” to be beautiful. Similarly, in Songs of Solomon, the farm girl worried that she was not beautiful enough for Solomon. She worried that her skin was too dark, but Solomon told her that she is beautiful. Solomon expressed that he is more concerned marrying a lady that will share his work, which is what he truly viewed as attractive. He was more concerned with loving her inward appearance than with loving just her beauty. In relation to Christ, love within relationships sustains when both parties pursue Christ and seek to love the inward of appearance of the significant
Aylmer based his love for his wife on her beauty, and he was not able to love her because of her birthmark. However, in the poem “The Greatest Love,” Anna Swir demonstrated the true love between an older husband and wife. Instead of being ridiculing his wife’s gray hair, he commented the beauty of it. Swir wrote, “You have hair like pearls” (54). The husband considered this “imperfection” to be beautiful. Similarly, in Songs of Solomon, the farm girl worried that she was not beautiful enough for Solomon. She worried that her skin was too dark, but Solomon told her that she is beautiful. Solomon expressed that he is more concerned marrying a lady that will share his work, which is what he truly viewed as attractive. He was more concerned with loving her inward appearance than with loving just her beauty. In relation to Christ, love within relationships sustains when both parties pursue Christ and seek to love the inward of appearance of the significant