Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE'S FAIRYLAND; TO FLORENCE ON HER WEDDING DAY, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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LOVE'S FAIRYLAND; TO FLORENCE ON HER WEDDING DAY, by                    
First Line: There is beauty on the mountains
Last Line: There dawns another day.
Subject(s): Cupid; Hearts; Love - Marital; Marriage; Passion; Eros; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


There is beauty on the mountains
And music in the sea,
There is glory in the Heavens
For Love hath come to me;
The joy and sunshine in my soul
Lift me to realms above,
The song of birds, the fragrant flowers
All tell me God is Love.

Where once I saw an ocean waste,
An island fair I see;
Where once the sky was overcast,
The sun now shines for me;
Where once I saw a mountain, now
For me a fountain flows;
Where once I saw a desert spot,
It blossoms like the rose.

My wedding day hath dawned at last
Within Love's Fairyland
With every scene made glorious
Beneath his magic wand;
The grass was never half so green,
No flowers with these compare,
The song of birds is sweeter far,
The world was ne'er so fair.

Hearts pierced by shafts from Cupid's bow
See an enchanted scene,
Both earth and sky are beautiful
When Love is felt between;
And Heaven is not far away
For Angels hover near
When God is speaking to the soul
Words only Love can hear.

And 'neath the magic of the spell
My heart breaks forth in song:
'Tis mine, the future and the past—
The world to me doth belong!
The golden West hath joined the East
For Love doth span between;
Where now the sun doth rise and set
One sky by all is seen.

While orange blossoms are entwined
Within my veil and hair,
Their sweet perfume my senses sway
With magic rich and rare;
My feet, they scarcely touch the floor,
I seem to float in air;
'Tis like a dream of Fairyland
For Love is everywhere.

I hear a voice from far away,
"Until death us do part."
Upon my finger then the ring
While joy reigns in my heart;
I feel a kiss upon my lips
While senses ebb and flow—
Earth can no longer be the place
That once I used to know.

And now I waken from my dream
And stand upon the floor;
While well-known voices wish me joy
My senses come once more.
With hand-shakes, blessings and farewells,
I speed me on my way;
While Love doth follow in my train
There dawns another day.





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