On this blest day may no dark cloud, or shower, With envious shade the Sun's bright influence hide! But all his rays illume the favour'd hour, That saw thee, Mary! -- Henry's lovely bride! With years revolving may it still arise, Blest with each good approving Heaven can send! And still, with ray serene, shall those blue eyes Enchant the husband, and attach the friend! For you fair Friendship's amaranth shall blow, And Love's own thornless roses bind your brow; And when -- long hence -- to happier worlds you go, Your beauteous race shall be what you are now! And future Nevills thro' long ages shine, With hearts as good, and forms as fair as thine! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JACOBITE'S TOAST (TO AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY) by JOHN BYROM FIRMILIAN; A TRAGEDY by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN CHARACTERS: MARTHA JENNINGS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE ORIGIN OF SONG-WRITING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD AD S. ANGELUM CUSTODEM by JOSEPH BEAUMONT PSALM 11. IN DOMINO CONFIDO by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE SURVIVAL by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |