That ring upon thy hand!

Ah, wife, sew on, pray on, hope on!

Thy life shall not be all forlorn:

The foe had better ne’er been born

That gets in “Stonewall’s way.”

John Williamson Palmer.

SOME TIME

Last night, my darling, as you slept

I thought I heard you sigh,

And to your little crib I crept