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Rh O but she will love him truly!

He shall have a cheerful home;

She will order all things duly

When beneath his roof they come.

Thus her heart rejoices greatly

Till a gateway she discerns

With armorial bearings stately,

And beneath the gate she turns;

Sees a mansion more majestic

Than all those she saw before;

Many a gallant gay domestic

Bows before him at the door.

And they speak in gentle murmur

When they answer to his call,

While he treads with footstep firmer,

Leading on from hall to hall.

And while now she wanders blindly,

Nor the meaning can divine,

Proudly turns he round and kindly,

"All of this is mine and thine."

Here he lives in state and bounty,

Lord of Burleigh, fair and free.

Not a lord in all the county

Is so great a lord as he.

All at once the colour flushes

Her sweet face from brow to chin:

As it were with shame she blushes,

And her spirit changed within.