POEMS.
25
The bridal day I'll ne'er forget
Until my sun on earth has set.
From lowering clouds and sky o'ercast
The sun is breaking through at last.
Until my sun on earth has set.
From lowering clouds and sky o'ercast
The sun is breaking through at last.
The bridal day! Oh, may each life
Be free from care and earthly strife.
May wedded life now just begun,
Be clear and bright as the rising sun.
Be free from care and earthly strife.
May wedded life now just begun,
Be clear and bright as the rising sun.
The bridal day! As years roll round,
Oh, for you may true joys abound;
And when this fleeting life is past,
May you re-unite in Heaven at last.
Oh, for you may true joys abound;
And when this fleeting life is past,
May you re-unite in Heaven at last.
ON PARTING.
'Tis over!—this great struggle,
It has rent my heart in twain;
And I am freed forever
From one I will not name.
Our God will judge between us
When we have pass'd away:
I leave you to your conscience,
Till the great judgment-day.
When we have pass'd away:
I leave you to your conscience,
Till the great judgment-day.
