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Dear to us all by those calm and earnest eyes,

And early thought upon that fair young brow;

Dearer for that where grief was heaviest, thou

Wert sunshine, till He passed where suns shall rise

And set no more; thou, in affection wise

And strong, wert strength to Her who even but now

In the soft accents of thy bridal vow

Heard music of her own heart’s memories.

Too full of love to own a thought of pride

Is now thy gentle bosom; so ’tis best:

Yet noble is thy choice, O English bride!

And England hails the bridegroom and the guest

A friend—a friend well loved by him who died.

He blessed your troth: your wedlock shall be blessed.