Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITHALAMIUM, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Night, with all thine eyes look down! Last Line: Come along! Subject(s): Wedding Song; Epithalamium | ||||||||
Night, with all thine eyes look down! Darkness, shed its holiest dew! When ever smiled the inconstant moon On a pair so true? Hence, coy hour! and quench thy light, Lest eyes see their own delight! Hence, swift hour! and thy loved flight Oft renew. BOYS O joy! O fear! what may be done In the absence of the sun? Come along! The golden gates of sleep unbar! When strength and beauty meet together, Kindles their image like a star In a sea of glassy weather. Hence, coy hour! and quench thy light, Lest eyes see their own delight! Hence, swift hour! and thy loved flight Oft renew. GIRLS O joy! O fear! what may be done In the absence of the sun? Come along! Fairies! sprites! and angels keep her! Holiest powers, permit no wrong! And return, to wake the sleeper, Dawn, ere it be long. Hence, swift hour! and quench thy light, Lest eyes see their own delight! Hence, coy hour! and thy loved flight Oft renew. BOYS AND GIRLS O joy! O fear! what will be done In the absence of the sun? Come along! | 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 DIRGE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ADONAIS; AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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