Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1902 — BESTOWALS. [ARTICLE]

BESTOWALS.

Dear, I would be to you the breath of balm That sighs from folded blossoms, wet with d«W| The day's first dawn ray I would be to you. The starlight's cbeery jgleam, the moonlight’s calm; r '""' ' ■\' ”. : ' I would be as a pillow to your cheek , When toil is done and care bath ceased to grieve; J I would be the dear dream your soul doth seek. The dream whose joy no waking hour can give. When strength is ebbing and the road is long, I would be the firm staff within your hand, A pillar of cloud in a sun beaten land, A pillar of. fire where night’s black shadows tlufcig., ic < Ijst, at death's threshold, tender, faithful—nay! What need to tell tiiat which heart's truth hath shown! Is not all said, beloved, when I say. - “I love you,” being woman and your own! —Madeline 8. Bridges in Woman's Home Companion.