The Lament of the Mormon Wife: A Poem

The Lament of the Mormon Wife: A Poem

Title: The Lament of the Mormon Wife Subtitle: A Poem Author: Marietta Holley Release Date: December 27, 2018 [EBook #58556] Language: English Credits: Produced by hekula03, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) FADED and thin is the hair he so lovingly pressed From my girlish brow, that twilight in happy May; Sweetheart, he said, your hair outshines the light in the west; Golden hair and golden sunset,both are gray. FADED and thin is the hair he so lovingly pressed From my girlish brow, that twilight in happy May; Sweetheart, he said, your hair outshines the light in the west; Golden hair and golden sunset,both are gray. Twas then he set this ring on my hand, as he murmured low, Words that come back to me sweet and sad as my mothers funeral hymn: Dear hand, it shall guide me forevermore as now! It is coarse with time and toil; it has lost its hold on him. I think the sunsets now, are not so sweet and bright; The sun dies now in the west, and his smile is sickly and worn, Looking back oer a waste of sand; it was such a different light That hand in hand we watched neath the blossoming thorn. Oh that Northern village! how sheltered and calm it lay At the foot of the green old mountain, nestling low. Home of my wedded love; as fair and far away It seems, as a city in Heaven to a toiling wretch below. How happy we were! and I know that I was dear To him as his soul. I saw the shadow rise Small at first as my hand, but growing day by day, As the smooth-faced saint beguiled him with honeyed lies. But I was to be his own true wife to the end; Never but one,in this he was firm as a rock. Of course he should have his way; oh! a noble friend Was he; too wise to frighten her with an untimely shock. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 58556
Author: Holley, Marietta
Release Date: Dec 27, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English