Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OH! THE MARRIAGE, by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS


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First Line: Oh! The marriage, the marriage
Last Line: Might envy my marriage to me.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


I.

OH! the marriage, the marriage,
With love and mo bhuachaill for me,
The ladies that ride in a carriage
Might envy my marriage to me;
For Eoghan is straight as a tower,
And tender and loving and true,
He told me more love in an hour
Than the Squires of the county could do.
Then, Oh! the marriage, &c.

II.

His hair is a shower of soft gold,
His eye is as clear as the day,
His conscience and vote were unsold
When others were carried away;
His word is as good as an oath,
And freely 'twas given to me;
Oh! sure 'twill be happy for both
The day of our marriage to see.
Then, Oh! the marriage, &c.

III.

His kinsmen are honest and kind,
The neighbours think much of his skill,
And Eoghan's the lad to my mind,
Though he owns neither castle nor mill.
But he has a tilloch of land,
A horse and a stocking of coin,
A foot for the dance and a hand
In the cause of his country to join.
Then, Oh! the marriage, &c.

IV.

We meet in the market and fair --
We meet in the morning and night --
He sits on the half of my chair,
And my people are wild with delight.
Yet I long through the winter to skim,
Though Eoghan longs more I can see,
When I will be married to him,
And he will be married to me.
Then, Oh! the marriage, the marriage,
With love and mo bhuachaill for me,
The ladies that ride in a carriage,
Might envy my marriage to me.





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