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POEMS.
MARRIAGE OF A YOUNG FRIEND.
Marriage, sweet girl, sends a thrill through my heart
Which the terrors of death could never impart.
You give your young life to your husband to keep,—
A jewel more precious than the wealth of the deep.
May his love be as deep as the depths of the ocean,—
May no sorrow e'er mar the heart's fond devotion;
And may you ne'er be like a ship founder'd at sea,
With no mate at the helm to watch over thee.
May no sorrow e'er mar the heart's fond devotion;
And may you ne'er be like a ship founder'd at sea,
With no mate at the helm to watch over thee.
May your lives ever glide on in pleasure complete;
When from earth you depart in Heaven may you meet;
And then ever together in the bright world above,
May you be clasped in the embrace of eternal love.
When from earth you depart in Heaven may you meet;
And then ever together in the bright world above,
May you be clasped in the embrace of eternal love.
