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Where the waters of the Mohawk	A
Through a quiet valley glide	B
From the brown church to her dwelling	C
She that morning passed a bride	B
In the mild light of October	D
Beautiful the forest stood	E
As the temple on Mount Zion	F
When God filled its solitude	G
	-
Very quietly the red leaves	H
On the languid zephyr's breath	I
Fluttered to the mossy hillocks	H
Where their sisters slept in death	I
And the white mist of the Autumn	J
Hung o'er mountain top and dale	K
Soft and filmy as the foldings	H
Of the passing bridal veil	K
	-
From the field of Saratoga	L
At the last night's eventide	G
Rode the groom a gallant soldier	D
Flushed with victory and pride	G
Seeking as a priceless guerdon	J
From the dark eyed Madeline	J
Leave to lead her to the altar	D
When the morrow's sun should shine	J
	-
All the children of the village	M
Decked with garland's white and red	G
All the young men and the maidens	H
Had been forth to see her wed	G
And the aged people seated	G
In the doorways 'neath the vine	J
Thought of their own youth and blessed her	D
As she left the house divine	J
	-
Pale she was but very lovely	N
With a brow so calm and fair	O
When she passed the benediction	J
Seemed still falling on the air	O
Strangers whispered they had never	D
Seen who could with her compare	O
And the maidens looked with envy	N
On her wealth of raven hair	O
	-
In the glen beside the river	D
In the shadow of the wood	G
With wide open doors for welcome	J
Gamble roofed the cottage stood	G
Where the festal board was waiting	C
For the bridal guests prepared	G
Laden with a feast the humblest	G
In the little village shared	G
	-
Every hour was winged with gladness	H
While the sun went down the west	G
Till the chiming of the church bell	P
Told to all the hour for rest	G
Then the merry guests departed	G
Some a camp's rude couch to bide	G
Some to bright homes each invoking	C
Blessings on the gentle bride	G
	-
Tranquilly the morning sunbeam	Q
Over field and hamlet stole	R
Wove a glory round each red leaf	S
Then effaced the Frost king's scroll	R
Eyes responded to its greeting	C
As a lake's still waters shine	J
Young hearts bounded and a gay group	T
Sought the home of Madeline	J
	-
Bird like voices 'neath the casement	G
Chanted in the hazy air	O
A sweet orison for wakening	C
Half thanksgiving and half prayer	O
But no white hand drew the curtain	J
From the vine clad panes before	U
No light form with buoyant footstep	V
Hastened to fling wide the door	U
	-
Moments numbered hours in passing	C
'Mid that silence till a fear	W
Of some unseen ill crept slowly	N
Through the trembling minstrels near	W
Then with many a dark foreboding	C
They the threshold hastened o'er	D
Paused not where a stain of crimson	J
Curdled on the oaken floor	U
	-
But sought out the bridal chamber	D
God in Heaven could it be	N
Madeline who knelt before them	X
In that trance of agony	N
Cold inanimate beside her	D
By the ruthless Cow boys slain	J
In the night time whilst defenceless	H
He she loved so well was lain	J
	-
O'er her bridal dress were scattered	G
Stains of fearful fearful dye	Y
And the soul's light beamed no longer	D
From her tearless vacant eye	Y
Round her slight form hung the tresses	H
Braided oft with pride and care	O
Silvered by that night of madness	H
With its anguish and despair	O
	-
She lived on to see the roses	H
Of another summer wane	J
But the light of reason never	D
Shone in her sweet eyes again	J
Once where blue and sparkling waters	H
Through a quiet valley run	J
Fertilizing field and garden	J
Wandered I at set of sun	J
	-
Twilight as a silver shadow	G
O'er the softened landscape lay	Z
When amid a straggling village	M
Paused I in my rambling way	Z
Plain and brown the church before me	N
In the little graveyard stood	G
And the laborer's axe resounded	G
Faintly from the neighboring wood	G
	-
Through the low half open wicket	G
Deeply worn a pathway led	G
Silently I paced its windings	H
Till I stood among the dead	G
Passing by the grave memorials	H
Of departed worth and fame	A2
Long I paused before a record	G
That no pomp of words could claim	A2
	-
Simple was the slab and lowly	N
Shaded by a fragrant vine	J
And the single name recorded	G
Plainly writ was Madeline	J
But beneath it through the clusters	H
Of the jessamine I read	G
Spes engraved in bolder letters	H
This was all the marble said	G

Mary Gardiner Horsford

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