The Wedding Morning Thomas Hardy

       &nbsp Tabitha dressed for her wedding:-
       &nbsp “Tabby, why look so sad?”
“ - O I feel a great gloominess spreading, spreading,
       &nbsp Instead of supremely glad! . . .

       &nbsp “I called on Carry last night,
       &nbsp And he came whilst I was there,
Not knowing I’d called. So I kept out of sight,
       &nbsp And I heard what he said to her:

       &nbsp “‘ - Ah, I’d far liefer marry
       &nbsp You, Dear, to-morrow!’ he said,
‘But that cannot be.’ - O I’d give him to Carry,
       &nbsp And willingly see them wed,

       &nbsp “But how can I do it when
       &nbsp His baby will soon be born?
After that I hope I may die. And then
       &nbsp She can have him. I shall not mourn!’