Engagements Are by Nature Temporary

Music: Sheebeg and Sheemore. By Turlough O'Carolan. Sequenced by Barry Taylor.

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Engagements are by nature temporary, A passageway to fields in which we'll grow. But I have found this year of passage very Much like the wedded world we soon will know. There is a permanence in our relation Drawn not from law or custom but from love. This year has built a broad and firm foundation That no hard rain will easily remove. I am yours, though not quite yet your wife; You are mine, with one more door ahead. Soon, soon we will begin our brave new life, Joined in thought and feeling, hearth and bed. Till then we'll wait with patience and with pleasure. This year of love with you I'll always treasure.