Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITHALAMIUM TO THE L.T. MARRIED IN THE NORTH, by WILLIAM HAMMOND Poet's Biography First Line: Welcome, fairest, thee our rhyme Last Line: Besieg'd by cold fire burns the more. Subject(s): Wedding Song; Epithalamium | ||||||||
WELCOME, fairest, thee our rhyme Congratulates, rather than him, Who shines obliquely on our clime. The beams directly pointed fall, That we our Bear the Cancer call, This zone still Equinoctial. The mists our German seas create, They eyes, though Phoebus meditate, Originally dissipate. Cassiope, though heavenly fair, Hides her new face, and burnish'd chair, When you enlighten the day's air. They only rule material sense; Your Love's example may dispense To inflam'd souls chaste influence. Unto that flame, which doubly warms Thy beauty's Summer, and Love's charms, May time nor sickness threaten harms. May Hymen's torch on northern shore Dilate into a Pharos; for Besieg'd by cold fire burns the more. | 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 DIALOGUE UPON DEATH; PHILLIS AND DAMON by WILLIAM HAMMOND |
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