Poems (Rice)/Lines for a Golden Wedding
LINES FOR A GOLDEN WEDDING.
A SIMPLE tribute I would bring,
While we to-day review
The summer of our life and spring,
Our golden autumn too.
While we to-day review
The summer of our life and spring,
Our golden autumn too.
Those paths so sweet, beloved friend,
Of sunshine and of flowers,
We travelled oft together there,
No longer now are ours.
Of sunshine and of flowers,
We travelled oft together there,
No longer now are ours.
Alas! my pen can never tell—
'Twill not my thoughts obey—
The mingled memories that rise
On this eventful day.
'Twill not my thoughts obey—
The mingled memories that rise
On this eventful day.
Yet we no sorrow would bewail,
But greet thee, as of yore,
When blushing 'neath the bridal veil:
His blessings still implore.
But greet thee, as of yore,
When blushing 'neath the bridal veil:
His blessings still implore.
How touching is the twilight eve
Of life we now behold!
A bridal crown may angels weave,
To-night for thee, of gold.
Of life we now behold!
A bridal crown may angels weave,
To-night for thee, of gold.