Ourselves were wed one summer -- dear --

Ourselves were wed one summer -- dear --

Your Vision -- was in June --

And when Your little Lifetime failed,

I wearied -- too -- of mine --

And overtaken in the Dark --

Where You had put me down --

By Some one carrying a Light --

I -- too -- received the Sign.

'Tis true -- Our Futures different lay --

Your Cottage -- faced the sun --

While Oceans -- and the North must be --

On every side of mine

'Tis true, Your Garden led the Bloom,

For mine -- in Frosts -- was sown --

And yet, one Summer, we were Queens --

But You -- were crowned in June --