A WEDDING GIFT.
All that I have this day is thine, A heart whose faith has never falter'd, A love that knew no other shrine And through all changes lives unalter'd. Had I a thousand hearts to give Thine all their love and faith should be,' Had I a thousand years to live I'd gladly spend them all with thee. There's not a joy in all the world Like that of love beyond deceiving, Though bolt on bnlt be at it hurled The heart will triumph — when believing. This day my joy hath sov'reign sway— A joy which but with thee I know, The rapture of a first, fond lore "Which, wedded, makes a heaven below J
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 286, 24 July 1873, Page 6
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117A WEDDING GIFT. Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 286, 24 July 1873, Page 6
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