Poetry.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2265, 15 January 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

Poetry.

HAPPY MARRIED LIFE. Yoy say, my dear, you wish to lead A happy married life, And so you strive to shut love in, And shut out care and strife ; A loving bride, you never mean To contradict your spouse— " Tell me," you say, " the easiest way To govern well the house." You tell me, while your sweet blue eyes Are full of happy tears, How safely you have sheltered Love Against the coming years— Against the sad, uncertain storms That oft go passing by ; " And he," say you, "content and true, Will never wish to fly." Be careful, oh ! my bonnie bride, That Love, who is so fair, So glad to nestle in you arms, Dies not ot too much care. . If you would have him gain in strength, And never change in form, Know, while he sings, his downy wings Must sometimes breast the storm. You twain, now bound in holy ties, On dewy eves and morns, Though you may find the flowery way. Must sometimes feel the thorns. May sometimes even dwell apart, . Although but for a time ; Or new pathe range, 'mid scenes of change. In many a land and clime. For know you not, oh, bridal pair, The love that lasts so long Is made by life's vicissitudes One grand triumphal song ? It challenges the powers of earth And time, and e'en decay ; And lives on still, our cup to fill, A bright, eternal ray. M. A. KtnnEß.