Bride.

“Life was sweet before Love found her,

In his faery bowers.

Life is sweeter,

And completer,

Since he found her,

There, and crowned her

With his fadeless flowers.”

Bridegroom.

“Love sought long before he found her,

Ne'er was love like ours!

Long he sought her,

E'er he caught her.

But he found her

There, and bound her

With his fadeless flowers.”

“Gaily sporting,

Pleasure courting,

Nought know we of care or sorrow.

We are free

As sun and sea,

What care we what comes to-morrow?”