Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITHALAMIUM, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the pleasant spring-time weather Last Line: Of the world was for their sake. Subject(s): Wedding Song; Epithalamium | ||||||||
IN the pleasant spring-time weather -- Rosy morns and purple eves -- When the little birds together Sit and sing among the leaves, Then it seems as if the shadows, With their interlacing boughs, Had been hung above the meadows For the plighting of their vows! In the lighter, warmer weather, When the music softly rests, And they go to work together For the building of their nests; Then the branches, for a wonder, Seem uplifted everywhere, To be props and pillars under Little houses in the air. But when we see the meeting Of the lives that are to run Henceforward to the beating Of two hearts that are as one, When we hear the holy taking Of the vows that cannot break, Then it seems as if the making Of the world was for their sake. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM FOR A WEDDING by GLYN MAXWELL BRIDAL SONG by GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634) ESTONIAN BRIDAL SONG by JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON HERDER THE SERGEANT'S WEDDIN' by RUDYARD KIPLING THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE EPITHALAMION by EDMUND SPENSER A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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