To take the direction in things of this life,
May her interest and aim be all one with us here,
And she be to mother a daughter most dear.
The sister, the daughter, and wife, all combine;
The home of her childhood she too must resign.
Though former companions may not be forgot,
New duties, new trials will fall to her lot.
Be true and affectionate, always the same;
One in heart as you now are to be one in name,
Wherever she is, be it your joy to come;