And somepin’ else she laughed to hear, though both her eyes wuz dim,

’Bout “trustin’ Love and Heav’n above, sence Lide married him!”


MY BRIDE THAT IS TO BE

O Soul of mine, look out and see

My bride, my bride that is to be!—

Reach out with mad, impatient hands,

And draw aside futurity

As one might draw a veil aside—