And thou shalt wear our bridal ring,

And wear it as a holy thing,

Till, to the sacred altar led,

It be the seal by which we wed."

Years rolled down Time's resistless tides

Where Time, Eternity divides;

Fitch Moreland, high in hall and state,

Cared not that by the elm tree sate

Poor Alice Hill, to reason lost,

Like oarless bark on ocean tost;