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to non-lovers of home.
It was not so in the olden time,
Ere the marriage bell was heard to chime,
And the solemn words at the altar spoken,
And those vows were made that have since been broken;
Compulsion alone made you leave her side
In those days before she became a bride.
Ere the marriage bell was heard to chime,
And the solemn words at the altar spoken,
And those vows were made that have since been broken;
Compulsion alone made you leave her side
In those days before she became a bride.
O men! if you would but pause and think,—
Perhaps you would were it not for drink,—
Think how selfish your conduct appears
To her who has been, through long changing years,
Comforter, councillor, companion, and wife,—
That name itself should be dearer than life.
Perhaps you would were it not for drink,—
Think how selfish your conduct appears
To her who has been, through long changing years,
Comforter, councillor, companion, and wife,—
That name itself should be dearer than life.
But, alas! for the changes in young and old,
For the warm love that so soon grows cold,
For tender lips that forget to-day
The loving vows of yesterday;
God grant you may not think too late,
When there are none to watch and wait.
For the warm love that so soon grows cold,
For tender lips that forget to-day
The loving vows of yesterday;
God grant you may not think too late,
When there are none to watch and wait.
