Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WEDDING, by PAUL FORT


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THE WEDDING, by                    
First Line: Ah, day of joy! The sound of pipe and flute with sweetly blending
Last Line: Of sweet-voiced instruments!
Subject(s): Grief; Happiness; Marriage; Sorrow; Sadness; Joy; Delight; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


Ah, day of joy! The sound of pipe and flute with sweetly blending tone doth
charm the sense, and young and old approach with eager foot, lured by the call
of sweet-voiced instruments.

Gay, gay, let us be wed, coifs and ribbons and bridal bell. Gay, gay, let us be
wed, and this happy couple as well.

Fair blossoms fill the church from side to side. Bells great and small chime out
the wedding tune, -- three hundred small bells for the eyes of the bride, a
clanging tocsin for the heart of the groom.

Gay, gay, let us be wed, coifs and ribbons and bridal bell. Gay, gay, let us be
wed, and this happy couple as well.

The pealing chime has silenced every tongue. Ah, sorrow, when it rings for us no
more! Weep o'er your prayer-books, ye that are not young. Soon it will toll to
say your life is o'er.

Gay, gay, let us be wed, coifs and ribbons and bridal veil. Gay, gay, let us be
wed, and this happy couple as well.

Now it is done and the church bells abate. Dance to the pair with passion's over
plus. Cheer for the lad and the lass and the fete! Ah, we are glad when it is
not for us!

Gay, gay, let us be wed, coifs and ribbons and bridal bell. Gay, gay, let us be
wed, and this happy couple as well.

Ah, day of joy! With sound of pipe and flute old age awhile forgets its
impotence. Dance, boys and girls! The world is 'neath your foot! O, the delight
of sweet-voiced instruments!





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