Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WEDDING MORNING, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: Spread the feast, and let there be Last Line: And cathleen weeps among her streams. Subject(s): Marriage; Sex; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
SPREAD the feast, and let there be Such music heard as best beseems A king's son coming from the sea To wed a maiden of the streams. Poets, pale for long ago, Bring sweet sounds from rock and flood, You by echo's accent know Where the water is and wood. Harpers whom the moths of Time Bent and wrinkled dusty brown, Her chains are falling with a chime, Sweet as bells in Heaven town. But, harpers, leave your harps aside, And, poets, leave awhile your dreams. The storm has come upon the tide And Cathleen weeps among her streams. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE |
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