Maria! I have every good br For thee wished many a time, br Both sad and in a cheerful mood, br But never yet in rhyme. br br To wish thee fairer is no need, br More prudent, or more sprightly, br Or more ingenuous, or more freed br From temper-flaws unsightly. br br What favour then not yet possessed br Can I for thee require, br In wedded love already blessed, br To thy whole heart's desire? br br None here is happy but in part; br Full bliss is bliss divine; br There dwells some wish in every heart, br And doubtless one in thine. br br That wish, on some fair future day br Which Fate shall brightly gild, br ('Tis blameless, be it what it may,) br I wish it all fulfilled.