’Tis forty years, this very day,

Since you and I, old girl, were married.

“Look out! The sun shines warm and bright;

The stiles are low, the paths all dry:

I know you cut your corns last night;

Come! be as free from care as I.

“For I’m resolved once more to see

That place where we so often met;

Though few have had more cares than we,

We’ve none just now to make us fret.”