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ten years ago.
Ten years ago! it seems but yesterday!
And I remember then, a happy girl,
Upon whose face the world had cast no care,
Stood at the altar-side, and gave her heart
With all its hoarded wealth of tenderness
To one who long had loved her. They had grown
Together like young plants; and when the world
Deemed them as children, or spoke jestingly
Of that, which, to their young untroubled hearts
Was light, and dew, and sunshine—they had vowed
With the deep fervor of a deathless love,
To wander hand in hand through life's long way,
To launch their bark together on the waves,
And to one haven steer their onward course.
Little they recked of peril and of storm—
They had exchanged that high and holy faith
Which angels bless, and with a perfect trust
In all the fairy promises of Hope,
They deemed an angel's wing would shelter them
From the rude billow's chiding.
And I remember then, a happy girl,
Upon whose face the world had cast no care,
Stood at the altar-side, and gave her heart
With all its hoarded wealth of tenderness
To one who long had loved her. They had grown
Together like young plants; and when the world
Deemed them as children, or spoke jestingly
Of that, which, to their young untroubled hearts
Was light, and dew, and sunshine—they had vowed
With the deep fervor of a deathless love,
To wander hand in hand through life's long way,
To launch their bark together on the waves,
And to one haven steer their onward course.
Little they recked of peril and of storm—
They had exchanged that high and holy faith
Which angels bless, and with a perfect trust
In all the fairy promises of Hope,
They deemed an angel's wing would shelter them
From the rude billow's chiding.
They were wed.
I do remember that bright morning hour
I do remember that bright morning hour
