12 TO MY WIFE. Till that be done, (and I'd as soon And leave their proverbs to the herd. REV. SAMUEL BISHOP. TO THE SAME, WITH A RING. "THEE, Mary, with this ring I wed," If she, by merit since disclosed, Here then to-day, (with faith as sure, As when amidst the rites divine I took thy troth and plighted mine,) TO MY WIFE. 13 With this I wed, till death us part, REV. S. BISHOP. 14 I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember But now, Had borne my breath away! I remember, I remember The lilacs, where the robins built, And where my brother set The laburnum, on his birth-day, The tree is living yet! I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air would rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; -My spirit flew in feathers, then, That is so heavy now, And the summer pool could hardly cool The fever on my brow! TO A FRIEND. 15 I remember, I remember The fir-trees, dark and high; I used to think their slender spires It was a childish ignorance, But now 't is little joy To know I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy! HOOD. TO A FRIEND. 'Tis o'er! but never from my heart Thou shalt not be forgot. And never in the suppliant's sigh Poured forth to him who swayed the sky, Shall mine own name be breathed on high, And thine remembered not! ANON. 16 ARIADNE'S CROWN. ARIADNE'S CROWN. THERE's a brilliant star in the northern sky, With stars around beset; Stately and fair they shine on high, In form a coronet. 'Tis one of the first at early even To shed its fair, faint light, And one of the brightest through all the heaven, At the mid-watch of the night. Often when heart and hope have failed, In scenes of strife and care, Full many a lesson true and deep God grant me ever strength to move God grant me grace to shed for all ANON. |