Dear Hallam, with this trifling gift

Best wishes now I send thee;

Through all thy future life may joy

And grace and peace attend thee.

May this the bright beginning be

Of days love-crowned and royal;

May griefs and faults and foes be few,

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Friends manifold and loyal.

May gems from authors such as these

Store well thy mental coffer,

But for thy heart's enrichment please

Accept the love I offer.

1882

 TO WINNIE

ON HER WEDDING DAY

Stars will shine on, tho thou art gone,

But we shall miss the gleaming

Of one bright eye's responsive smile,

And love-light softly beaming.

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