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First Line: And many a heart, yielding, that festive day
Last Line: All gentle feelings in their way to some dire end.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chartist, The
Subject(s): Marriage; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Weddings; Husbands; Wives


And many a heart, yielding, that festive day,
To Nature's impulses of hope and joy,
Confiding, blessed thee! Queen! if thou delay
To help thy Poor -- if thou, thyself, destroy
The promise of that time, and harsh alloy
Of blame with memory of our joy now blend --
What marvel? Hopes, that do the heart upbuoy,
Turned to despair by sufferings slighted, rend
All gentle feelings in their way to some dire end.





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