Ballads for the Times (Now first collected,) Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Bartenus, A Thousand Lines, and other poems. By Martin F. Tupper. A new Edition, enlarged and revised |
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Wedding Gifts.
FOR MUSIC.
Young bride,—a wreath for thee!
Of sweet and gentle flowers;
For wedded love was pure and free
In Eden's happy bowers.
Of sweet and gentle flowers;
For wedded love was pure and free
In Eden's happy bowers.
Young bride,—a song for thee!
A song of joyous measure,
For thy cup of hope shall be
Fill'd with honied pleasure.
A song of joyous measure,
For thy cup of hope shall be
Fill'd with honied pleasure.
Young bride,—a tear for thee!
A tear in all thy gladness;
For thy young heart shall not see
Joy unmix'd with sadness.
A tear in all thy gladness;
For thy young heart shall not see
Joy unmix'd with sadness.
Young bride,—a smile for thee!
To shine away thy sorrow,
For heaven is kind to-day, and we
Will hope as well to-morrow.
To shine away thy sorrow,
For heaven is kind to-day, and we
Will hope as well to-morrow.
Young bride,—a prayer for thee!
That, all thy hopes possessing,
Thy soul may praise her God, and He
May crown thee with His blessing.
That, all thy hopes possessing,
Thy soul may praise her God, and He
May crown thee with His blessing.
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