Poems by Violet Fane [i.e. M. M. Lamb] With Portrait engraved by E. Stodart ... in two volumes |
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A WEDDING.
He stands before the altar-rails
To plight his troth to her—a child,
Who had not heard the o'er true tales
Of his rash youth and manhood wild.
And overhead are smiling skies,
As though to augur all is well;
And village swains
Sing merry strains,
And gaily rings the village bell.
To plight his troth to her—a child,
Who had not heard the o'er true tales
Of his rash youth and manhood wild.
And overhead are smiling skies,
As though to augur all is well;
And village swains
Sing merry strains,
And gaily rings the village bell.
She little knows, that lily bride,
What those glad joy-bells said to one,
Who, sitting by her lone fireside,
Nursed tearfully her little son.
Yet overhead are smiling skies,
As though to augur all is well;
To drown the sighs
That may arise,
Sing, village swains! Ring, village bell!
What those glad joy-bells said to one,
Who, sitting by her lone fireside,
Nursed tearfully her little son.
Yet overhead are smiling skies,
As though to augur all is well;
To drown the sighs
That may arise,
Sing, village swains! Ring, village bell!
| Poems by Violet Fane [i.e. M. M. Lamb] | |