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EPITHALAMION: 9. THE BRIDES GOING TO BED by JOHN DONNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT MEAN'ST THOU BRIDE, THIS COMPANIE TO KEEP
Last Line: THOU LEAV'ST IN HIM THY WATCHFULL EYES, IN HIM THY LOVING HEART.
Subject(s): WEDDING SONG; EPITHALAMIUM;

What mean'st thou Bride, this companie to keep?
To sit up, till thou faine wouldst sleep?
Thou maist not, when thou art laid, doe so.
Thy selfe must to him a new banquet grow,
And you must entertaine
And doe all this daies dances o'r againe.
Know that if Sun and Moone together doe
Rise in one point, they doe not set so too;
Therefore thou maist, faire Bride, to bed depart,
Thou art not gone, being gone; where e'r thou art,
Thou leav'st in him thy watchfull eyes, in him thy loving heart.



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