William Cox Bennett, född 1820, död 1895, var en engelsk skald.
Bennett författade en mängd smärre dikter i folkton, vilka vann stor popularitet genom enkelhet och innerlighet. Av hans diktsamlingar kan nämnas Poems (1850), Songs of sailors (1872) och Songs for soldiers (1879).
The Worn Wedding-Ring (Den Slitna Vigselringen)
Your wedding-ring wears thin, dear wife; ah, summers not a few, Since I put it on your finger first, have passed o'er me and you; And, love, what changes we have seen, - what cares and pleasures, too, - Since you became my own dear wife, when this old ring was new!
O, blessings on that happy day, the happiest of my life, When, thanks to God, your low, sweet “Yes” made you my loving wife! Your heart will say the same, I know; that day 's as dear to you, - That day that made me yours, dear wife, when this old ring was new.
How well do I remember now your young sweet face that day! How fair you were, how dear you were, my tongue could hardly say; Nor how I doated on you; O, how proud I was of you! But did I love you more than now, when this old ring was new?
No – no! no fairer were you then than at this hour to me; And, dear as life to me this day, how could you dearer be? As sweet your face might be that day as now it is, 't is true; But did I know your heart as well when this old ring was new?
And blessed be God! all He has given are with us yet; around Our table every precious life lent to us still is found. Though cares we 've known, with hopeful hearts the worst we 've struggled through; Blessed be His name for all His love since this old ring was new!
(Från dikten "The Worn Wedding-Ring" ("Den Slitna Vigselringen") av William Cox Bennett)The Worn Wedding-ring and Other Poems (1861), Chapman and Hall, pp. 1-4.
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