Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BRIDAL EVE, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT


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BRIDAL EVE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Good-night, my heart, my heart, good-night
Last Line: To keep the lily there.
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


GOOD-NIGHT, my Heart, my Heart, good-night --
Oh, good and dear and fair,
With lips of life and eyes of light
And roses in your hair.
To-morrow brings the other crown,
The orange blossoms, Sweet,
And then the rose will be cast down
With lilies at your feet.
But in your soul a garden stands
Where fair the white rose blows --
God, teach my foolish clumsy hands
The way to tend my rose
That in the white-rose garden still
The lily may bloom fair
God help my heart and soul and will
To keep the lily there.






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