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New ties around thy pure and noble heart
Are twining, and they give to thy young life
A bright wild charm. Thus may it ever be
To thee—may all the bright and glittering links,
Which hold thee here a happy prisoner
On Time's dark shore, still form a blessed chain
To bind thy spirit also to the loved
Within the angel world. Ah, I can look
With tearful joy upon thy added ties
To life, and feel within my heart my own
Are lessening fast. Oh may thy bud of love
Expand, and prove thy deep heart's sweetest flower,
And may ye both, in God's own Paradise,
Be glorious blossoms on His Tree of Life.
Are twining, and they give to thy young life
A bright wild charm. Thus may it ever be
To thee—may all the bright and glittering links,
Which hold thee here a happy prisoner
On Time's dark shore, still form a blessed chain
To bind thy spirit also to the loved
Within the angel world. Ah, I can look
With tearful joy upon thy added ties
To life, and feel within my heart my own
Are lessening fast. Oh may thy bud of love
Expand, and prove thy deep heart's sweetest flower,
And may ye both, in God's own Paradise,
Be glorious blossoms on His Tree of Life.
Louisville, June 2d.
