Written On The Fly-Leaf Of A Bible

One year of sweetest love intense! One year of mutual confidence! One year of gazing into eyes, In which the love-light never dies! One year of clasping hands, that thrill With throbbing love from life’s red rill One year of clouds, whose transient shade The after glory brighter made! One year of doubts, whose fleeting rust Could not corrode our links of trust! One year of prayer, whose pleading tone Has for each other sued the Throne! One year together--may it prove Prophetic of our earthly love! One year each other’s--may it be A type of our eternity!

Sunday, May, 1871.