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Second Nuptials - ZaunköniG - 15.07.2007
Second Nuptials
There is no jealousy in realms above:
The spirit, purified from earthly strain,
And knowing that is earthly loss was gain,
Transfers its property in earthly love
(Though love it was she does not yet reprove)
To her by Heaven appointed to sustain
The honored matron’s part; to bear the pain,
The joy, the duty, all things that behoove
A Christian wedded. She that dwells on high
May be a guardian angel to the wife
That her good husband chooses to supply
Her place, vacated in the noon of life;
With holy gladness may support the bride
Through happy cares, to her by death denied.