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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET TO A FRIEND, ON HIS SECOND MARRIAGE, by BERNARD BARTON Poet's Biography First Line: To hymen's shrine, where once thy vows were paid Last Line: On which love prompted you again to build. Alternate Author Name(s): Quaker Poet Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | |||
To Hymen's shrine, where once thy vows were paid, Thou hast been on pilgrimage again: and now Thy evening fire, whose fitful radiance play'd Often for us alone, lights up a brow, And eye, and cheek, which by its dancing rays Look lovelily; and make the circle round One upon which thy gladden'd eye may gaze Untired, till thy heart own its wishes crown'd. May health, and home-born bliss, and calm content Long haunt the spot! and still increasing love Of her, now own'd its brightest ornament, An ample source of purest pleasure prove. That you may both confess each hope fulfill'd, On which love prompted you again to build. | 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 BRUCE AND THE SPIDER by BERNARD BARTON |
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