Partakers of thy sad decline,

Thy hands their little force resign;

Yet gently pressed, press gently mine, 35

My Mary!

Such feebleness of limbs thou prov’st

That now at every step thou mov’st

Upheld by two; yet still thou lov’st,

My Mary! 40

And still to love, though pressed with ill,

In wintry age to feel no chill,