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THE SILVER WEDDING.
TO JOHN NEWMAN, D. D.
“A wedding of Silver!—and what shall we do?”
I said in response to my excellent spouse,
Who hinted, this morning, we ought to renew
According to custom, our conjugal vows.
I said in response to my excellent spouse,
Who hinted, this morning, we ought to renew
According to custom, our conjugal vows.
“I would n't much mind it, now—if—and suppose—
The bride were a blooming—Ah! well—on my life,
I think—to be candid—(don't turn up your nose!)
That every new wedding should bring a new wife!”
The bride were a blooming—Ah! well—on my life,
I think—to be candid—(don't turn up your nose!)
That every new wedding should bring a new wife!”
“And what if it should?” was the laughing reply;
“Do you think, my dear John, you could ever obtain
Another so fond and so faithful as I,
Should you purchase a wig, and go courting again?”
“Do you think, my dear John, you could ever obtain
Another so fond and so faithful as I,
Should you purchase a wig, and go courting again?”
“Ah! darling,” I answered, “'t is just as you say;”
And clasping a waist rather shapely than small,
I kissed the dear girl in so ardent a way
You would n't have guessed we were married at all!
And clasping a waist rather shapely than small,
I kissed the dear girl in so ardent a way
You would n't have guessed we were married at all!
My wedding-day, Doctor, is also your own!
And so I send greeting to bridegroom and bride,—
The latter a wife good as ever was known;
The former well worthy her homage and pride.
And so I send greeting to bridegroom and bride,—
The latter a wife good as ever was known;
The former well worthy her homage and pride.
God bless your new nuptials!—Still happy at home,
May you both grow serenely and gracefully old;
And, till the auriferous wedding shall come,
Find the years that are past were as silver to gold!
May you both grow serenely and gracefully old;
And, till the auriferous wedding shall come,
Find the years that are past were as silver to gold!
September 9, 1866.
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