“Marriage kisses change to partings;
Tear aside the bridal vail;
That golden band has rent her heart-strings;
’Stead of laughter comes a wail.
“No more want of marriage splendor,
Death has ta’en the place of pain;
No more need of bridal favor,
Love doth call on love in vain.
“Paler than the snow she lies—
Colder than the winter morning!