Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARY'S WEDDING, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poet's Biography First Line: You are to be married, mary Last Line: Brimming for evermore. Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
YOU are to be married, Mary; This hour as I wakeful lie In the dreamy dawn of the morning, Your wedding hour draws nigh; Miles off, you are rising, dressing, Your bridemaidens gay among, In the same old house we played in, -- You and I, when we were young. Your bridemaids -- they were our playmates: Those known rooms, every wall, Could speak of our childish frolics, Loves, jealousies, great and small: Do you mind how pansies changed we And smiled at the word "forget"? -- 'T was a girl's romance: yet somehow I have kept my pansy yet. Do you mind our poems written Together? our dreams of fame -- And of love -- how we'd share all secrets When that sweet mystery came? It is no mystery now, Mary; It was unveiled, year by year, Till -- this is your marriage morning; And I rest quiet here. I cannot call up your face, Mary, The face of the bride to-day: You have outgrown my knowledge, The years have so slipped away. I see but your girlish likeness, Brown eyes and brown falling hair; -- God knows, I did love you dearly, And was proud that you were fair. Many speak my name, Mary, While yours in home's silence lies: The future I read in toil's guerdon, You will read in your children's eyes: The past -- the same past with either -- Is to you a delightsome scene, But I cannot trace it clearly For the graves that rise between. I am glad you are happy, Mary! These tears, could you see them fall, Would show, though you have forgotten, I have remembered all. And though my cup may be empty While yours is all running o'er, Heaven keep you its sweetness, Mary, Brimming for evermore. | 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 BY THE ALMA RIVER by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, TENDER AND TRUE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |
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