Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WATCHER, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: A rose for a young head Last Line: And the lips and the hair of the bride. Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
A rose for a young head, A ring for a bride, Joy for the homestead Clean and wide -- Who's that waiting In the rain outside? A heart for an old friend, A hand for the new: Love can to earth lend Heaven's hue -- Who's that standing In the silver dew? A smile for the parting, A tear as they go, God's sweethearting Ends just so -- Who's that watching Where the black winds blows? He who is waiting In the rain outside, He who is standing Where the dew drops wide, He who is watching In the wind must ride -- Tho' the pale hands cling -- With the rose, and the ring, And the bride Must ride, With the red of the rose, And the gold of the ring, And the lips and the hair of the bride. | 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 |
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