  Ay; but wait, good wife, a minute, I have first a word to say; Do you know what to-day is? Mother, ’tis our wedding day! Just as now, we sat at supper When the guests had gone away; You sat that side, I sat this side, Forty years ago to-day! What brave things I meant to do! Could we dream to-day would find us At this table--me and you? Better so, no doubt--and yet I Sometimes think--I can not tell-- Had our boy--ah, yes! I know, dear; Yes, “He doeth all things well.” Well, we’ve had our joys and sorrows, Shared our smiles as well as tears; And--the best of all--I’ve had your Faithful love for forty years! Poor we’ve been, but not forsaken; |
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