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AIRS SUNG AT BROUGHAM CASTLE: THE LORDS WELCOME, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Welcome is the word
Last Line: Far may it shine, long may it live, to all a public blessing.
Subject(s): Togetherness


Welcome is the word
The best love can afford;
For what can better be.
Welcome, Lords, the time draws near,
When each one shall embrace his dear,
And view the face he longs to see.
Absence makes the hour more sweet,
When divided lovers meet

Welcome once again,
Though too much were in vain:
Yet how can love exceed?
Princely guests, we wish there were
Nectar and Ambrosia here,
That you might like immortals feed,
Changing shapes like full-fed Jove
In the sweet pursuit of love.

O stay, sweet is the least delay,
When parting forceth mourning;
O joy too soon thy flowers decay,
From rose to briar returning.
Bright beams that now shine here, when you are parted
All will be dim, all will be dumb, and every breast sad-hearted.
Yet more, for true love may presume,
If it exceed not measure.
O grief that blest hours soon consume,
But joyless pass at leisure.
Since we this lose, our love expressing
Far may it shine, long may it live, to all a public blessing.





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