THE LOVER’S BENEDICTION
Joy to you, my pretty one!
Fluffles, ruffles, all aglow,
Heart a-beating two-four time,—
Joy be yours, and joy be mine
To see you joyous so.
Life to you be full of cheer
In the love that you have found,
Every smile that he doth shew
Hath a meaning deep to you
As it sheds its radiance ’round.
May long annals bless your life,
May you never fret or fume!
May your joys be ever full,
And his love no lesser dull
Than its now most perfect bloom!