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AN APRIL WEDDING.
O April Wedding,
Sad-smiling, shadowy-bright;
The Grave at foot, and overhead
The merry Bird of Light!
Sad-smiling, shadowy-bright;
The Grave at foot, and overhead
The merry Bird of Light!
O April Wedding,
The conscious ear at times
Detects the Bell that tolled the knell
Among the Marriage-Chimes!
The conscious ear at times
Detects the Bell that tolled the knell
Among the Marriage-Chimes!
O April Wedding,
Thy hues together run,—
Through wet eyes seen,—as Red and Green
Will dazzle and grow one!
Thy hues together run,—
Through wet eyes seen,—as Red and Green
Will dazzle and grow one!
O April Wedding,
Where Love is crowned in tears,
And on a ground of deepest gloom,
Hope's brightest Bow appears!
Where Love is crowned in tears,
And on a ground of deepest gloom,
Hope's brightest Bow appears!
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O April Wedding,
Thy clouds go all in white;
Those that darkliest wept are now
Most glorified in light!
Thy clouds go all in white;
Those that darkliest wept are now
Most glorified in light!
O April Wedding,
Glittering in sun and showers
The very grave looks glad To-day,
And dead hands offer flowers!
Glittering in sun and showers
The very grave looks glad To-day,
And dead hands offer flowers!
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