Ditto, for all that anybody knows,

The smiling damsel goeth to the Banns?

(Why add the "bury," or suggest the

"cross,"

As if such brilliant ringing of the hands

Preluded aught of trial or of loss?)

Shall not Life's golden bells still tinkle

sweet,

And merry music make about her feet?

Shall not the silver sheen around her spread,