And with us now, in love are one,
And forever, ‘soul’ united.
“With Creative sanction, this, we ever pray,
May prove your present joy, and immortal stay.
Hail, glorious noon! these, our notes of love prolong,
And echo back with joy, this our nuptial song.”
Although arranged by the Dosch and prætor as a surprise, known to all except the espoused, they quickly, with blissful perception discovered the intention, and joined with thrillful zest Manito’s choristers, who made the tympanum reverberate with the following hopeful prophecy and refrain:—
“‘Old Lang Syne,’ in bloody record rules the past;
In the future, love and peace are now forecast.
Blessings have source, and flow from power Supreme,