I will bury her the morrow, and another by her side;

For the raven hair, but started,

Soon a maiden would have parted,

Full of fitful joy and sorrow—gladly gay and sadly wise;

With a dash of worldly mischief in her deep and changeful eyes.

I will bury her the morrow; and another by her side:

It shall be a wife and mother, full of love and care and pride;

Full of hope, and of misgiving;

Of the joys and griefs of living;

Of the pains of others' being, and the tears of others' cries;