Giving in Marriage.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2093, 5 December 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)

Giving in Marriage.

CoMK, let as Kit together tor a ipaoe, In thi« still room remote from friendly mirth, Afar from light and mnoio, face to face, iMh onto each the dearest thing on earth. Itoti tbtt have left ni, our two bonny hrtf<M, oOt t»ll, grave girl, our winsome, kußhing pet; Ah me ! How v/Ho the cha3tn that ilivMes Oar life from theirs ; how far their feet are set From ths calm path they trod with us so loDg. How we shall miss them, we who love them 10, •n winter nighta when winds are blowing ■iron?, On summer mornings, when Iho rosos Mow. Bni -happy bnt— we Btillcla»>pharid in hand, Byt «t»l meets eye, aud true hearts underitnrfl. I«OTe, they hafe left as efnpty of tha mirth That enured oar homestead while they sojourned here ; Tea, they have left as lonely on the earth, Lone, bat together, solitude most dear ; Ah, Ood, go with them to the stranger nests That love has built for them and theira to come, God keep all warm and living in their breasts Love's holy flame, the altar fire of homo. Bear, they have loft us, we no longer hold The first, best place, however leal each heart, Tet have we treasure left, refined gold, love's sterlint; ore, without its baser part ; The wide old hou«« haa lost its nestling birda ! Bat we art left. Ab, love, what need of words ! . — AH tlie Year Round.