~ Prodaná nevesta ~
This Czech verse is being added because it is from a world renowned Opera by Bedrich Smetana in 1863 and tells the story of an arranged marriage that started out the wrong way, but ended up a success. The hand-enameled glass stein is ca. 1900.
Prodaná nevěsta,	The Bartered Bride

Translation: Roy De Selms Photo credit: Unknown