Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARRIAGE HYMN, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not for the summer-hour alone Last Line: For our redeemer's sake. Subject(s): Wedding Song; Epithalamium | ||||||||
NOT for the summer-hour alone, When skies resplendent shine, And youth and pleasure fill the throne, Our hearts and hands we join; But for those stern and wintry days Of peril, pain, and fear, When Heaven's wise discipline doth make This earthly journey drear. Not for this span of life alone, Which as a blast doth fly, And like the transient flower of grass Just blossom, droop, and die; But for a being without end, This vow of love we take: Grant us, oh God! one home at last, For our Redeemer's 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 COLUMBUS [JANUARY, 1487] by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY |
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