985. C. M. L. H. Sigourney.
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Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
Marriage Hymn.
1Not for the summer's hour alone,
When skies resplendent shine,
And youth and pleasure fill the throne,
Our hearts and hands we join;
2But for those stern and wintry days
Of sorrow, pain, and fear,
When Heaven's wise discipline doth make
Our earthly journey drear;--
3Not for this span of life alone,
Which like a blast doth fly,
And as the transient flowers of grass,
Just blossom, droop, and die;--
4But for a being without end
This vow of love we take;
Grant us, O God, one home at last,
For thy great mercy's sake.