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WEDDED, by                    
First Line: Some quick and bitter words we said
Last Line: Now we are wed
Subject(s): Hate;marriage; Weddings;husbands;wives


SOME quick and bitter words we said,
And then we parted. How the sun
Swam through the sullen mist of gray!
A chill fell on the summer day,
Life's best and happiest hours were done;
Friendship was dead.

How proud we went our separate ways,
And spake no word and made no moan!
She braided up her flowing hair,
That I had always called so fair,
Although she scorned my loving tone,
My word of praise.

And I! I matched her scorn with scorn,
I hated her with all my heart,
Until -- we chanced to meet one day;
She turned her pretty head away;
I saw two pretty tear-drops start,
Lo! love was born.

Some fond, repenting word I said,
She answered only with a sigh;
But when I took her hand in mine
A radiant glory, half divine,
Flooded the earth and filled the sky --
Now we are wed.





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