ELOVED in youth, and still as each brief yearOf wedded bliss too swiftly passes o'er,With every added blessing loved still more,With every sorrow only proved more dear.No marvel, that with mingling smile and tearI greet the morning of thy natal day,And vainly strive to breathe upon thine earThe countless blessings that for thee I pray.Three loved ones too, the last a new-blown flower,Now press around, thy fond embrace to share,And hail with childish glee this joyful hour,To them unclouded by one thought or care.O that God's choicest gifts on them and theeMay ever rest for time, and for eternity!
ELOVED in youth, and still as each brief year Of wedded bliss too swiftly passes o'er, With every added blessing loved still more,With every sorrow only proved more dear.No marvel, that with mingling smile and tear I greet the morning of thy natal day,And vainly strive to breathe upon thine ear The countless blessings that for thee I pray.Three loved ones too, the last a new-blown flower, Now press around, thy fond embrace to share,And hail with childish glee this joyful hour, To them unclouded by one thought or care.O that God's choicest gifts on them and theeMay ever rest for time, and for eternity!
ELOVED in youth, and still as each brief year Of wedded bliss too swiftly passes o'er, With every added blessing loved still more,With every sorrow only proved more dear.No marvel, that with mingling smile and tear I greet the morning of thy natal day,And vainly strive to breathe upon thine ear The countless blessings that for thee I pray.Three loved ones too, the last a new-blown flower, Now press around, thy fond embrace to share,And hail with childish glee this joyful hour, To them unclouded by one thought or care.O that God's choicest gifts on them and theeMay ever rest for time, and for eternity!