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X. THE BARRIER-BOND.
I have seen flowers against each other's heartFearfully beaten by the sudden wind;
Until, as if toward instant death declined,
Low they have hung, and mournfully, apart—
By one green blade alone from earth protected;
Which, as they rose from out their state dejected,
Has with them risen, and a bond innected
Between them which no storm could unembind!
Thus be it with our loves, my more than wife!—
Too often sever'd by convulsive strife:
This gentle Infancy shall grow between
Our bosoms, as a bar 'gainst temper-harms;
And oft as passion threats our peace serene,
We'll seek reproof within his little arms.
8th June 1839.
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