Rhyme & Reason - a reason to rhyme

Will I, for my final rest,  In the casket, be all dressed, Just so folk can pass me by And with saddened hearts, they cry? Will the earthworm have a meal When they 'ventually reveal Me, interred deep in the soil? NO, I'd rather, they, me, boil. Keep the vestments for th'forlorn Have me burnt, as day was born, Scatter me amongst the sand Somewhere warm, in this dear land.

E, connotes EXQUISITE, th'outstanding beauty I have found L, is for the LOVE expressed, when together we were bound, I, means INDEPENDENCE, a trait that thou dost own, Z, is for the ZEAL, in which the love is shown, A, conveys AFFECTION, an emotion thou dost share B, expresses BEAUTY, a delight I must declare, E, connotes the ENJOYMENT I've found, now we are entwined, T signifies TURTLEDOVE, the gentle loving kind, H is for the HAPPINESS that has come into my life, All this spells ELIZABETH, my dearest and my wife.