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