Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-02
TOGETHER.

is fed;
The warmth that comforts r,ows IN
settled embers:
And what is love on present beau,v
fed 'e"'''
To love that looks on wr,n,s,e.s,a
remembers7
Lay nath Its prime; but not it's morning
power '"e
Can tint blue heaven with such yo,asr
lining so''e"
AS .ne ripe colors OF its sunset hour
''r hie-tme OF continual shining.
And love with married ara ia al A..
light q" INC
W DAY consummate In It's last edorr,rr
Shut In two hearts, as rouor. sN,' ""s
night at
me blended beauties OF the roo,
morning anu
In the soft autumn twilight s,ae -.
side. W
ihrohed King and queen when du,,
tried and crown'd them
OIL the gray bridegroom and his aret
bride. '''' "se'
with all life's sacred memories slim.
moned round them.
iheir oIh eyes meet. and still they fondlv
find -'"'s
Love answering smiles undirnr,ad ~,
sorrows token,
And refuged In each other from man
kind.
Repeat their ancient VOWS AT vead,r,
spoken.
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rest.
And smile on troubles past too wise to
mind them.
And face the evening p,or,, ", a.. .
win all the shadows OF the world be-
hind them.
p from the altar to the freside tbrora
Up from the crystal wedding to thu
golden
They walked in likeness, close and c,ose-
grown
With life to life in holier troth no
holden
They passed the zone Of tickle shade an,
shine
10 the calm region where no cloud
hangs Ger them.
And age for them IS triumph, not ID.
cline"
On the clear nights where heaven "a
Just before them
Their natures difference time has worn
away:
The mutual blames, the random fires Of
feeling.
The hurts of haste. the bicko-ir.. 80
day.
Are all forgotten in eternal healing
With falling sight each watched offenss
grew fair.
And discords softened with ,bei-
strengths decaying
The old faults faded with their whi+an-
ing hair.
And after frost came second childhood's
Maying
She is his monarch yet, and he her
realm;
Her spirit keeps the charm that still
commands him,
For her long service at tho household
helm
Has earned his trust: he knows she
understands him.
His traits have been her culture; all his
frets
And follies are her secret kept in honor:
His wants and ills are her connubial
debts.
For. like his children, they depend
upon her.
Versed in his very thoughts, her pa
tience grows
With every dear old within and chronic
notion.
And hides his sins in charity tha, flows.
Broadening With years, to loves ex-
haustless ocean.
Her presence is his habit. and her face
His almanac. a time-worn but true
She Is his twin. and who could take her
place?
Long live the old wire-and God help
the new one,
Lovers have parted, nuptial bonds have
burst
When wanton fancy veered. or anger
thundered:
Twas passions plight and hollow faith
at first;
The wedlock of the soul is never sun
dered.
oh, fellowship OF customary cares
And kindneSses so blessed TO remem-
Der,
IT'S loves long year, whose summer
thrift prepares
THANKSGIVING on the threshold of De-
cember
Nay. past the snow-tne, to their coven-
ant brave
And faithful, hold the hearts Of Gods
own mating,
And Abram lonely at Macpelah's cave
Knows that his Sarah keeps his cham
Der waiting
So still for Eden lost blooms Eden new
When age but rpens married loves
communion,
And sim to partner souls deaths falling
dew
Seals with holy kiss their endless
union.
And who the wisdom of lifes plan would
That sets uS two and two to face its
weather.
Finds heavens own answers while the
earth can show
a wife and husband growing old to-
gether.
Rev Theron Brown.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.